The Plain And Fancy Nurullaboy Palace

Just outside Khiva's walled old city, the Itchan Kala, sits the expansive Nurullaboy palace. It's not that old, only started by Muhammad Rakhimkhan in 1906. He had visited Russia and brought back many of the Tsar era architectural touches he liked.

The palace covers a bit of ground, many rooms, buildings, courtyards. Restoration work has recently been completed, leaving the structures a bit ahead of the needed set dressing.

More porticos, big on carved wood columns, not much else.

Ba-Ba-Bling! Now we're talking high Tsar. One of the restored buildings is amazingly rich and lovingly restored to over the top glory. The circular ballroom.

Another room, a riot of color. These big things are heaters. Why hide them if you can tile them?

A bedroom, no need to hang a picture for visual interest.