Tashkent Modernist Architecture
Also known as Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Uzbekistan
Inscribed
2026
List reference
1766
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tashkent Modernist Architecture is about 4 km west of Tashkent. The nearest other World Heritage site is Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum, about 210 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tashkent · about 2,184,000 peopleabout 4 km east
- Chirchiq · about 168,000 peopleabout 30 km north-east
- Iskandar · about 196,000 peopleabout 45 km north-east
- Olmaliq · about 121,000 peopleabout 60 km south-east
- Angren · about 202,000 peopleabout 80 km east
- Guliston · about 96,000 peopleabout 100 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanCultural211 km away
KazakhstanCultural235 km away
TajikistanCultural245 km away
UzbekistanCultural263 km away
KyrgyzstanCultural310 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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