Kunya-Urgench
World Heritage
Turkmenistan
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Kunya-Urgench is located in the northwest of Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu Darya River. Urgench was the capital of the Khorezm region, which was part of the Achaemenid Empire. The old town has a series of monuments built mainly from the 11th to the 16th centuries, including a mosque, caravanserai gates, fortresses, mausoleums and a 60-meter-high minaret. These monuments bear witness to outstanding achievements in architecture and craftsmanship, whose influence spread to Iran and Afghanistan, and later to the architecture of the Mughal Empire in 16th century India.
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