MOSQUE BOLO-KHAUZ

After crossing the west of the vast and deserted Place square, the trees surrounding the basin and the minaret of the Bolo-Khaouz mosque make it a very valuable shade. Marble marches descend to the dark but refreshing waters of the basin built in the th century and gave its name to the mosque (khaouz). The iwan is placed on twenty pillars of karagatch wood whose unusual finesse gives the whole air look. The decoration of the wooden ceiling walls, as well as that of the painted stalactites adorning the angular ends, make this mosque one of the most beautiful in the city. When the Amir went to Friday prayer, carpets were laid on the ground, from the Ark gate to the entrance to the mosque. The mosque itself dates back to 1712, the high iwan of 12 m, which makes it one of the highest in Central Asia, was added to the 1917 th century and the minaret in. The latter has been badly aged, increasingly penetrating with a small tower in Pisa; It is now reinforced by a wooden frame connected to the ground by channels.