Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi World Heritage Site

Official name

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi | UNESCO

Country

Kazakhstan | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

South Kazakhstan Oblast, City of Turkestan
43.2976° Lat, 68.2710° Lon | Map

Code

1103

Time Zone

Asia/Almaty (+05, +0500)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2003. The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the town of Yasi, now Turkestan, was built at the time of Timur (Tamerlane), from 1389 to 1405. In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders experimented with architectural and structural solutions later used in the construction of Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire. Today, it is one of the largest and best-preserved constructions of the Timurid period.