Kyzyl-Kala

Fortress and archaeological site in Uzbekistan

Kyzyl-Kala

Kyzyl-Kala

Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated)

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Alternative name| Kyzyl-Kala
Location| Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Coordinates| 41°55′48.1″N 60°47′02.8″E﻿ / ﻿41.930028°N 60.784111°E﻿ / 41.930028; 60.784111
Type| Settlement
History
Periods| Parthian, Sasanian
Site notes
Condition| Ruined

Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century AD.[1][2] The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-Kala, about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century AD, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan.[3] It was last occupied by Muhammad II of Khwarazm (1169, 1200-20), ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, before it fell to the Mongol conquest of Khwarazmia.

* Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (2018)

* Old and new walls

* Kyzyk-Kala, details of new walls

* Location of the Kyzyl-Kala fortress, next to Toprak-Kala in the Chorasmian oasis, in relation to other main fortresses

* Cotton picking near Kyzyl-Kala.

* Mina'i bowl depiction of a fortress under siege, circa 1200, Iran

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Ducke, Isa; Thoma, Natascha (2015). Usbekistan (in German). Dumont Reiseverlag. p. 385\. ISBN 978-3-7701-7739-4.
2. ^ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 162\. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2.
3. ^ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 38\. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2.

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Fortresses of Chorasmia

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* Konya Ark
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* Kyzyl-Kala
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* Tavka Kurgan
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Mausoleums|

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Museums|

* Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand
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Art Museum-Preserve
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* The Museum of Communication
History in Uzbekistan
* Museum of Geology
* The Museum of Health Care of Uzbekistan
* Museum of Olympic Glory
* Museum of Victims of
Political Repression in Tashkent
* Nukus Museum of Art
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History and Material Culture
* State Museum of Culture History of Uzbekistan (Samarkand)
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* The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature
* Ulugh Beg Observatory

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* Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque
* Mosque of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
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Theaters|

* Navoi Theater
* Peoples' Friendship Palace

Others|

* Khanaka of Nadir Divan-begi
* Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Tashkent
* Mustaqillik Maydoni
* Rabati Malik
* Siyob Bazaar
* Square of Martyrs in Uzbekistan
* Tashkent Tower

Natural|

| Lakes|

* Aydar Lake
* Lake Charvak

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National parks|

* Chatkalskiy State Nature Reserve
* Zaamin National Park

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