Kunya-Urgench World Heritage Site

Official name

Kunya-Urgench | UNESCO

Country

Turkmenistan | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

Dashoguz Vilayet (Province)
42.1831° Lat, 59.8490° Lon | Map

Code

1199

Time Zone

Asia/Ashgabat (+05, +0500)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2005. Kunya-Urgench is situated in north-western Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu Daria River. Urgench was the capital of the Khorezm region, part of the Achaemenid Empire. The old town contains a series of monuments mainly from the 11th to 16th centuries, including a mosque, the gates of a caravanserai, fortresses, mausoleums and a 60-m high minaret. The monuments testify to outstanding achievements in architecture and craftsmanship whose influence reached Iran and Afghanistan, and later the architecture of the Mogul Empire of 16th-century India.