Kalyan Minaret

In the historic heart of Bukhara, a city where the caravans of the Silk Road left centuries of exchanges, stands a tower that seems immune to time. It is the Kalyan Minaret, a brick column that for almost nine centuries has dominated the city skyline and sums up, better than any other building, the blend of spirituality, power and architecture that defined Central Asia.

Built in 1127 during the splendor of the Central Asian kingdoms, the...