Sunday, May 17, 2026

POTD: Itchan Kala

From 2025 09 17 Khiva

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Itchan Kala. According to Wikipedia, "Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as a World Heritage Site. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries."

Bonus photos are after the jump.


From 2025 09 17 Khiva
From 2025 09 17 Khiva

"Blue tile minarets
Glow against the desert dust.
Time walks slowly here."

— h/t ChatGPT

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