Uzbekistan UNESCO sites (with map)

Most of Uzbekistan’s UNESCO World Heritage sites have to do with the central role that the country played in the Silk Road trade routes between Europe and the Far East.

Use the map or the list below it to look at the individual UNESCO sites. Below that is the list of the many Uzbekistan entries on UNESCO’s Tentative List.

Historic Centre of Bukhara
A Silk Road city with historic architecture dating to the 10th and 11th centuries, important particularly for its urban planning.

Itchan Kala
An excellent illustration of the traditions of Islamic architecture in Central Asia.

Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
A Silk Road city with magnificent Temurid-period architecture whose influence spread far and wide.

Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia
10 examples of Soviet Modernist architecture (1960s-1990s) in Tashkent that combine modernism with local influences.

Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (on the endangered list)

Western Tien-Shan

Transnational

Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan)

Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan)

Uzbekistan’s tentative list

The following cultural sites are still on the tentative list, but are now part of the transnational Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor UNESCO site.

Poykent
Varakhsha
Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
Chor-Bakr
Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
Rabati Malik Caravanserai
Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum
Minaret in Vobkent

Natural sites

Karst, Canyons and Caves of Kugitang
Zomin Mountains
Hisor Mountains
Shokhimardon Mountains
Kuhitang Mountains
Nurota Mountains

Mixed sites

Sarmishsay petroglyphs
Boysun
Ancient Termiz

Transnational

Uzbekistan’s tentative list

Cultural sites

Natural sites

Mixed sites