Kukeldash Madrasah

madrasah, 16th-century architectural monument · Shaykhontohur district, Tashkent

Religion · updated 05.01.2023

Religion
Categories: Religion
Main portal of the madrasa with a tiled pishtaq, passersby by the stairs (faces blurred)Tiled “Kukaldosh” sign in three scripts and a marble plaque on the wallInner courtyard of the madrasa with lawns and a portal opposite the entranceBack wall of a building behind market stalls, a pile of earth and a car in the foregroundBack wall of a building behind market stalls, a pile of earth in the foregroundThe madrasa and minaret seen from the square, an unfinished high-rise building on the leftA wide-open carved entrance door under a high arch, donation boxes on the sidesGallery of hujras in the courtyard, two women by the arches (face blurred)Two-tier gallery of hujras in the courtyard with wooden doorsTiled “Kukaldosh” sign and a marble plaque, a close-up shotPlaque with a QR code “Uzbekistan” on the brick wall by the entranceA plaque in three languages: an architectural monument of the XVI century, the Kukaldash madrasaArched galleries of the madrasa and the minaret, seen from the stepsSide facade of the madrasa: two-tier arches with tiles and a painted minaretThe madrasa minaret and a mosque with green domes behind a brick fenceView from the street: the madrasa minaret and a mosque with green domes behind a tree
Also known as
Kukaldash · Kukaldosh · Kokaldosh · Медресе Кукельдаш · Koʻkaldosh madrasasi · Кўкалдош мадрасаси · Кукалдаш · Кукалдош
Category
madrasah, 16th-century architectural monument
Address
Shaykhontohur district, Tashkent
Landmark
next to the Chorsu bazaar
no coordinates

About the organization

A 16th-century madrasah, an architectural monument taken under state protection (a plaque at the entrance in Russian, English and Uzbek). According to the tiled sign, an Islamic secondary specialised educational institution under the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan. A brick facade with a portal and tiled minarets; inside, a courtyard with lawns and two-storey galleries of student cells, a donation box and an «Uzbekistan» QR-code plate at the entrance.

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