Trip to Bukhara.

"Glory to the living who does not die!"

"Thousand and One Nights".

Adventure holiday in Bukhara.

Kukeldash Madrasah is one more construction of XVI century which relates to the period of Abdullahkhan II ruling. This madrasah is one of the biggest one in Bukhara. It has 160 hudjras situated in two stories on the perimeter of two-aivaned courtyard.
Facades of the madrasah are decorated with majolica. The main façade that fronts to Lyabi-Hauz, has a vestibule, a mosque and darskhana (school room). Rooms of the madrasah seem to be tight, pile of corridors and stairs.
The best that is preserved in the architecture of the madrasah is the decoration of two main halls of the mosque and darskhana, as well as domed ceilings under the gangways that lead from the gates of madrasah to the courtyard.   

Authority:
V.G Saakov «History of Bukhara». Publishing house "Shark", 1996. «Bukhara. Masterpieces of the Central Asia». The historical guidebook across Bukhara. 2012. "Bukhoro. Bukhara" In the Uzbek, English and Russian languages. Publishing house "Uzbekistan", Tashkent 2000. Mukhammad Narkshakhi. History of Bukhara. Tashkent. 1897 (translator N.Lykoshina). V.G.Saakov  "Architectural masterpieces of Bukhara. A Bukhara regional society "Kitabhon" Uzbek SSR, Exactly 1991 Robert Almeev. "History of ancient Bukhara". (Under edition of the Academician of the Academy of sciences of Republic Uzbekistan of Rtveladze E.V.).

Photos
Alexander Petrov.