Gavkushon Madrasah

 Hi everyone !!! 

Today is the 20th of November. 

Today, we went to the Gavkushon Madrasah. 

We learnt a lot of information about the Madrasah. 

Gaukushan Medressa and its complex were a less crowded photogenic area. Turki Jandi Mausoleum was a crumbling structure that gave tourists what most of Bukhara would look like without the constant restoration work.

Just off the central tourist attractions of the trade domes. A very interesting place. The pond/ tank is where they sacrified a cow to find water. Reminiscent of the Zarthusti fire worshippers or Aryans of India and Persia. While most history in Uzbekistan talk of Timur or later, the land is far older.

Govkushon complex - an architectural monument in Bukhara (16th century) a complex consisting of a madrasa, mosque, tower, pool and palace built by Khojabor Khojas (Govkushon - butchers' market). Between the madrasa and the mosque is the Shahrud stream. The pool was buried in the 1930s. the eastern side of the madrasah is two-story, and there are single-story cells and mezana on the sides and back. The peak is in the west. The border on the window is decorated with floral motifs, and the book part is decorated with suls letters. At the entrance, on the right, there is a mosque (classroom). the central courtyard (25x35 m) is surrounded by cells on four sides. Khoja Mosque consists of an entrance porch, brick arched porches around the courtyard, a hall and a minaret. The minaret (height 19.5 m) is reached through an arched bridge on the roof of the mosque. The tower is made of bricks of different shapes. the patterns become thinner towards the top, together with the arched windows of the lantern, give the tower elegance.

It was a extremely wonderful day🌸