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!!!Uzgen - Mausoleum

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From a cultural point of view Özgön is most famous for its 1000 year old mausoleums. Back then the place was even the capital of the Kara-Khanid empire, those Turkic rulers who established the Islam permanently in Central Asia. Since glazes were not yet known then, brick ornaments provide elaborate decorations.
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Kulturhistorisch ist Özgön berühmt für seine 1000 Jahre alten Mausoleen. Damals war der Ort sogar Hauptstadt des Karakhaniden-Reiches, jener turkstämmigen Herrscher, die den Islam in Zentralasien nachhaltig festigten. Weil Glasuren damals noch nicht bekannt waren, sorgt eine Ziegelornamentik für kunstvolle Verzierungen.
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