Khiva, Uzbekistan through time

Khiva 1974–2023 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Khiva, spanning 1974–2023 — 1 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A street scene in Khiva, Uzbekistan, photographed in 1974. The city's walled old town, Itchan Kala, preserves a dense cluster of mosques, madrasahs, and mud-brick houses from its centuries as capital of the Khanate of Khiva.

Khiva, Uzbekistan 1974 A street scene in Khiva, Uzbekistan, photographed in 1974. The city's walled old town, Itchan Kala, preserves a dense cluster of mosques, madrasahs, and mud-brick houses from its centuries as capital of the Khanate of Khiva.

Palvan Darvoza 01 in 2008 2008 A scene from Khiva, Uzbekistan, in 2008. The walled inner city of Itchan Kala preserves mosques, minarets, and palaces dating largely from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Palvan Darvoza 01 2023 Palvan Darvoza, one of the historic gates of Khiva's walled old city, Itchan Kala, in Uzbekistan, photographed in 2023. Itchan Kala was among the first sites in the country to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Palvan Darvoza 02 2023 Palvan Darvoza, the main eastern gate into Khiva's walled old town of Itchan Kala, photographed in 2023.

Palvan Darvoza 04 2023 Palvan Darvoza, one of the historic gates of Khiva's walled old city, Itchan Kala, photographed in 2023. Itchan Kala preserves the 19th-century townscape of the former khanate capital.

Palvan Darvoza 03 2023 Palvan Darvoza, the northern gate of Khiva's walled old town, Itchan Kala, photographed in 2023. Itchan Kala is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.