Day 9 Emir's Palace

 Hi everyone today we went to the Emir's palace in Kagan city



The Palace of the Emir of Bukhara is a palace located 12 kilometers east of Bukhara. The city where this palace was built was called New Bukhara in the years of its construction, and in 1935 it was called Kogon.The construction of the palace began in New Bukhara on August 14, 1895 by order of Amir Syed Abdulahad Khan, and was built in 1898. The designer of the palace was Alexey Leontyevich Benois, the engineer Dubrovin was in charge of the construction, Bukhara and Russian craftsmen built the building.


The palace, with many towers, domes and columns, is eclectic, built in a Neo-Moorish style that combines Baroque and Empire. In addition to the usual European style, Arabic motifs are also used in the design.

There are different versions of the purpose of building the palace. According to one of them, the emir ordered a palace to be built for himself, but after viewing the building after it was completed, he considered it magnificent and luxurious enough


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