Browsing: Tashkents

A group of ten modernist buildings and urban complexes associated with the transformation of Tashkent has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing international recognition to a distinctive period of Central Asian architectural history.

During its 48th session in Busan, South Korea, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee included two new sites from Central Asia on the World Heritage List – the serial nomination “Modernist Architecture of Tashkent” (Uzbekistan) and the underground mosques of Mangystau (Kazakhstan).