Ark fortress

 Today, November 14, 2023, we went to Ark fortress, one of the famous historical monuments in Bukhara. We went inside the arch and saw all the places and historical monuments and talked about the history of this place.

Ark-Citadel is a residence of Bukhara khans. According to the last excavations, it was determined the citadel was on this place from 4 century BC. For many years of building and destruction, 20 meters height artificial hill was formed; its upper layers were built over in the time of last bokharan emirs. The wooden part of Ark building was burnt down during the fire of 1920. The general planning is being reestablished by historical documents. Ark included the whole city, consisting of closely accreted houses; courts and yards with state institutions, emir, his wives, and relatives and officials lodgings. Inside the trapeziform outlines of citadel walls the planning was right-angled with traditional cruciform crossing of main streets.

Ark included: emir lodging, throe-room, police department, stables, stores of clothes, carpets, utensils, treasures, armoury, jail, jeweler’s and other workshops, mint place, mosques, mazars and other buildings.

The best impression of our visit to Ark fortress was that we talked with foreign tourists and listened to their impressions of their visit to our country.

So, our journeys in the Ark are over, keep following me and I will share my interesting impressions with you again 🥰😊❤️