• The towers of Chor Minor are not minarets. Three of them were used for storage, and one has a staircase leading to the top floor.
  • Speaking of the Bukhara’s unusual monuments, first of all, we should tell about the Chor-Minor madrasah. ... ChorMinor” is translated as “four minarets”.
  • Chor-Minor Madrasah (‘madrasah of four minarets’) is located in the northeast of Bukhara. The four minarets of the madrasah symbolize the four cardinal points.
  • East of the Old Town, one block north of M Ambar, is the Chor Minor, a stubby, brick-built structure with four turquoise domes.
  • However, if you look attentively, you will see that Chor-Minor is a complex consisting of buildings which have at least two functions – ritual and residential.
  • Chor Minor majmuasi Sharq me’morchilik an’analarini o‘zida mujassamlashtirgan, an’anaviy “Chor” uslubda bunyod etilgan.
  • Legend has it that the four minarets of Chor-Minor symbolize the diverse cultural influences that converged in Bukhara during the heyday of the Silk Road.
  • Built with the money of the wealthy Turkmen Khalif Niyazkul, “Chor-Minor” in translation means “four minarets”. Each of the four minarets has a different shape.
  • On an esplanade that is situated down the road a piece to north-east from Labi-hauz, stands out an unusual monument Chor-Minor, which means, four minarets.
  • Stork nests are a common feature on pre-1970 photos in Bukhara, and most older photos of chor minor show at least two stork nests on the towers.