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© Peter Michael Rhodes
Photographer: | Peter Michael Rhodes | |||
Collection: | Travel | |||
Filename: | PMR-D5182 |
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Upload Date: | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 | |||
Photo Size: | 3.2mb 4000x6016 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded aboutthe beginning of the millennium: the colourful Kalta Minar or "Short Minaret" was planned to be 79.5 metres high, but only reached 29.4 metres before it was abandoned in 1852. It belongs to the adjacent Mohammed Amin Khan medrasa. |
Keywords: | Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO |