Sometimes an old mosque site in Bukhara is open and being restored. Hoja Zayniddin is a mid-1500s building that features a nice portico around half of the place, complete with soaring wood columns and intricate paintwork on the underside of the roof.
The exterior, tucked into the fabric of the neighborhood.
Through a door in a wall, the big portico and a side entrance are revealed. Old window detail.
A peek inside. Definitely not restored to showroom new condition. Nice.
Restoration in progress. A crew was busy making new brick sections. Probably not much different from during original construction.
Across from the mosque, the communal reservoir. The big empty.
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