500px provided description: Bukhara is an ancient city in the central Asian country of Uzbekistan. It was a prominent stop on the Silk Road trade route between the East and the West, and a major medieval center for Islamic theology and culture. It still contains hundreds of well-preserved mosques, madrassas, bazaars and caravanserais, dating largely from the 9th to the 17th centuries.

Early morning in Bukhara?The golden light lights up the Poi-Kalan Ensemble, which is the main ensemble in Bukhara center, situated on the way to trade crossing of "four bazars". Poi-Kalan means ?the pedestal of the Great? (it means ?the pedestal of Kalyan minaret?) and the ensemble consists of 4 monuments: Kalyan mosque and Mini-Arab Madrasah ? faced to each other with main fronts; between them is Kalyan minaret. [#morning ,#500px ,#dawn ,#mosque ,#minaret ,#golden light ,#complex ,#Buxoro ,#Canon ,#Bukhara ,#Uzbekistan ,#Asia ,#UNESCO ,#National Geographic ,#Tokina ,#UNESCO heritage site ,#Silk Road ,#Silk Route ,#Lonelyplanet ,#Angshuman ,#Ensemble ,#Kalon ,#Poi-Kalyan ,#Poi-Kalon ,#Poi-Kalyan Mosque ,#AT-X 116 PRO DX AF 11 - 16 mm f/2.8 ,#Nategeo_Traveller ,#Poi-Kalyan minaret]