 The
emirs worshipped in public across the Registan (now cut in half by the
former Ulitsa Karia Marxa) in its only surviving monument, the Bolo Khauz
mosque. Built in 1718, with a roof extension supported by karagachi pillars
added in the 19th century, its elegant west side is reflected in the 16th-century
khauz (pool) of its name, and the whole complex is shaded by the trees
of former Lenin Park. The minaret to the right was built in 1917.
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