Bukhara Uzbekistan Kalyan Minaret Tourism Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Bukhara is an ancient Uzbek city through which the Great Silk Road ran a trade road connecting East and West. In the Middle Ages, the city was a major center of Islamic theology and culture. To this day, there are hundreds of well-preserved buildings mosques, madrassas, bazaars and caravanserais built in the period from the 9th to the 17th centuries.