Chor-Minor Madrasah through time

Bukhara 2007–2025 12 photos of this spot

12 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Bukhara, spanning 2007–2025. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The Chor Minor gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, photographed in 2007. Built in 1807 as the entrance to a now-vanished madrasah, its four distinct domed minarets have made it one of Bukhara's most recognizable landmarks.

Uzbekistan 2007 087 Chor Minor Bukhara 2007 The Chor Minor gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, photographed in 2007. Built in 1807 as the entrance to a now-vanished madrasah, its four distinct domed minarets have made it one of Bukhara's most recognizable landmarks.

Uzbekistan 2007 088 Chor Minor Bukhara 2007 Chor-Minor, a small 19th-century gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, topped with four distinct minaret-like towers, each decorated with its own tilework pattern.

Chor Minor Madrassah, Bukhara 2013 The Chor Minor, a distinctive four-towered gatehouse built in the early nineteenth century as part of a madrassah in Bukhara, photographed in 2013. Bukhara is one of the ancient trading cities of the Silk Road in present-day Uzbekistan.

Chor Minor Madrassah, Bukhara 2013 The Chor-Minor madrassah gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, was built in the early 19th century and is known for the four distinct minaret-like towers that give it its name. This photograph was taken in 2013.

Chor Minor Madrassah, Bukhara 2013 A second 2013 photograph of the Chor-Minor in Bukhara, a city that for centuries stood as a major center of trade and Islamic learning along the Silk Road, its historic center later inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Chor Minor Madrassah, Bukhara 2013 The Chor Minor, photographed in Bukhara, Uzbekistan in 2013. Built in the early 19th century as the gatehouse of a madrassah, its four distinctive domed towers have made it one of the most recognizable landmarks along this historic Silk Road city.

Chor Minor Madrassah, Bukhara 2013 The Chor Minor, a distinctive four-towered gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, photographed in 2013. Built in 1807, it originally formed the entrance to a madrassa complex, most of which no longer survives.

Uzbekistan 0528 Bukhara 2014 A street scene in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, an ancient Silk Road city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, photographed in September 2014.

Chor minor from southwest 2015 Chor Minor, meaning 'four minarets,' is a distinctive gatehouse built in 1807 as part of a madrasa in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Each of its four corner towers is topped with a differently patterned blue dome, making it one of the city's most photographed landmarks.

Chor Minor, Bukhara 2023 Chor Minor, whose name means 'four minarets,' is a distinctive early 19th-century gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, once part of a larger madrasah complex; this photograph is from 2023.

Chor-Minor Madrasah 2023 Built in the early nineteenth century as the gatehouse to a now-vanished madrasah, the Chor-Minor in Bukhara is recognizable by its four distinctive turrets. This photograph was taken in 2023.

Chor-Minor Madrasah in Bukhara 2025 Chor-Minor, the distinctive four-towered gatehouse in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, built in 1807 as part of a madrasah complex that has since largely disappeared. Only the gatehouse survives today, and this photograph was taken in 2025.