From Itchan Kala to Samarkand: Uzbekistan's eight World Heritage properties

Background

UNESCO lists eight World Heritage properties in Uzbekistan: six cultural and two natural.
Itchan Kala, the walled inner town of the old Khiva oasis, was the first, inscribed in 1990.
The Historic Centre of Bukhara followed in 1993, the Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz in 2000 and Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures in 2001.
Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor was inscribed in 2023, and Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia in 2026.
The natural properties are Western Tien-Shan (2016) and Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (2023).