Sitori-mokhi khosa

 


Of the numerous country palaces of Bukhara rulers there survived the best of them: Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa – the summer residence of the last Bukhara emirs. The palace is located at a distance of 4 kilometres north from Bukhara, by the road that runs to Gijduvan.

The first structures in this picturesque area were built in the mid-19th century during the rule of Emir Nasrullakhan. In the 1880s, his successor Muzaffarkhan built here a palace for his beloved wife Sitora-bonu. The most skillful Bukhara craftsmen were sent to Russia to learn the best practices of country residence construction.  Soon after that, under the supervision of  architect Hajji Khafiz, there was constructed sumptuous set of rooms including throne room, which had a peculiar mixture of European an


d Asian architectural styles. Around the palace there was laid out a park with fountains, pergolas and loggias. The ruler’s wife died young, but her name remained in the name of the palace - Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa, which can be translated as ‘the palace of the moon-like star’

                      



 

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