Halfo Bobo Mausoleum

Chalfo Bobo Mausoleum

The Halfo-Bobo-Mausoleum (Cyrillic: лалфо Бобо ; also Chalfo-Bobo-Mausoleum , English Khalfo-Bobo-Shrine ) is a monumental tomb located in the old town of the Uzbek capital Tashkent . In the 1845 built mausoleum were Halfo Bobo buried and his son. It is counted among the sights of Tashkent .

The mausoleum is a simple square mud brick building with a dome . The external dimensions are 5.5 m × 6.5 m, the square interior measures 3 m × 3 m. It is one of the few structures that have been preserved after the severe earthquake of April 26, 1966.

Web links

Halfo Bobo Mausoleum (with picture) at www.touruz.com
Tourist information about Tashkent with a list of sights on www.continent.uz/de ( Welcome Continent , Uzbekistan)

Individual evidence

↑ Christa Diener u. a .: Cities of Uzbekistan between tradition and progress. Urban transformation processes in the Central Asian cities of Tashkent and Samarkand (= TU Cottbus, Chair of Urban Development and Design; University of Stuttgart, Urban Development Institute, SIAAL department ). Technical University Cottbus , Cottbus 2006, ISBN 3-00-020272-2 , p. 55 ff., Chapter The earthquake 1966 .

[1] Christa Diener u. a .: Cities of Uzbekistan between tradition and progress. Urban transformation processes in the Central Asian cities of Tashkent and Samarkand (= TU Cottbus, Chair of Urban Development and Design; University of Stuttgart, Urban Development Institute, SIAAL department ). Technical University Cottbus , Cottbus 2006, ISBN 3-00-020272-2 , p. 55 ff., Chapter The earthquake 1966 .