| Tashkent | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
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| Area | 334,8 km² |
| Population | 2 424 100 hab. () |
| Density | 7 240,44 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 100000 |
| Spindle | UTC 05:00 |
| Location | |
 41 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N 69 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Tashkent is the capital ofUzbekistan.
Understand
To go
By plane
- 1 Tashkent International Airport (IATA : TAS, Toshkent Xalqaro Airporti (Janubiy)) (12 km downtown) – platform for Uzbekistan Airways
Tashkent Airport is the main hub in Central Asia. The following airlines serve it: Aeroflot (Moscow), Pulkovo Aviation (Saint Petersburg), AirBaltic.com (Riga), Turkish Airlines (Istanbul), Air Astana (Almaty), China Southern (Urumqi), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), Aerosvit ( Kiev), Korean Air (Seoul), S7 (Ikutsk) Uzbekistan Airways (Amritsar, Almaty, Ashgabat, Athens, Bangkok, Dubai, Frankfurt, London, Geneva, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Jeddah, Riga, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Baku , Bishkek, Tokyo-Narita)
By train
Trains run to Tashkent's main station from all over Uzbekistan. There are international trains to Almaty (Kazakhstan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Kharkov (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Saratov (Russia).
Circulate
In the street or in the metro, the police can often check papers. To avoid any problem, keep your original passport with visa with you.
In the metro, it is strictly forbidden to take photos or film (the metro is considered a strategic site). This restriction applies to certain government buildings (to a lesser extent).
To see
The city of Tashkent is very famous for its superb covered markets, the 'bazaar' (bozor in uzbek), the most picturesque and lively places of the city, the best known of which are Oloy (Alaïski), Chorsu, Farhod (Farkhadski), etc., with the abundant displays of pomegranates, grapes, dried fruits, spices fragrant, apples and pears, giant tomatoes or persimmons, a real treat for a visitor.
The Uzbek capital is one of the greenest cities in the world, a true oasis of great distance between the mountains of Chimgan and the irrigated valleys of Chirtchik and Syr-Darya. Tashkent is the heart of a vast agricultural region. The city is caught in a ring of cotton plantations, gardens and vineyards.
Pre-Soviet constructions
Of Tashkentoise architecture before the 16th century, when Tashkent became the capital of the Chaibanids, only rare vestiges remain today, such as those of the chilla-khana (heat refuge and tea room) near the Zaïnoudin-Bobo mausoleum.
The district ofOq-Tepa (Aktépé) in the district of Tchilanzar (southwest of Tashkent) conceals an archaeological site near the river Boz-sou. The site is composed of a kourgane of 15 m in height, linked to the cult of the pantheists and the remains of a square fortified castle with 4 turrets dating from the 4th century. The site also has additions for religious use dating from the 5th to the 8th century. Everything suggests that Oq-Tepa was a major commercial crossroads in the city (madina) from Tchatch.
Towards the end of the 16th century, the madrasa and the Khazret (Khast) Imam Mosque (Teliachaïakh) which keeps the fragments of the oldest copy of the Koran in the world, that of the third Caliph Uthman, the mausoleum of Kaffal Chachi and the madrasa Koukeldach, located at the entrance to the Old Town. The last was built very traditionally: any madrasa (Koranic school) in Muslim countries usually looks similar. The facade of the building is decorated with majolica and Islamic inscriptions adorn the vault of one of the entrances (peshtak) of madrasa. The windows are made with traditional lattices (pandjara) protecting the rooms from the blazing summer sun. The wooded inner courtyard of the madrasa ends with a larger dome building - darskhona (a room for lessons). The rooms around the courtyard, the hudjrs, are used as accommodation for the students, and the lessons are generally carried out in the open air in a courtyard of a madrasa, because the local climate allows it to be done during a large part of the year.
the Mausoleum of Abu Bakr Moukhammed Kaffal Chachi was built in 1541 above the tomb of Abu Chachi (Abu Shashi) who was one of the first local Islamic prophets, who died in 976. To the south of the mausoleum is located the Barak-Khan madrasa. The large tomb suffered from earthquakes but the elements of its decoration still remain intact. The madrasa was partially rebuilt in the 1900s.
the prince romanov palace was built at the end of the 19th century as the residence of Grand Duke Nikolai Romanov (1850-1917), the cousin of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, banished to Tashkent for some dark affairs involving Russian crown jewels. His palace still survives downtown in excellent condition. Formerly the Pioneer Palace then the Jewelery Museum, it has been appropriated by the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for official receptions.
The district of Cheikhantaour (Sheyhantaur), built by master usto Abd ar-Rahim around 1892, deserves special attention. It is a remarkable area of the old city of Tashkent. The entrance to Cheikhantaour on the side of present-day Navoi Street was executed in a square shape with four large irregular vaults. The scalpel dome and precise turrets - the gouldasta - decorate this remarkable structure called "tchortak".
Soviet era
Great Alicher Navoï Opera and Ballet Theater which bears the name of the famous poet of the Middle Ages, is included in a cohort of the best opera theaters in the world. The theatrical building, the work of Russian architect, academician Alexey Schussev (who also designed Lenin's mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow), belongs to typical examples of monuments of Soviet Uzbek architecture of the mid-Soviet period. 20th century, combining Stalinist monumentalism with national motives. It was built in 1947 by Japanese prisoners and withstood the 1966 earthquake without damage. The theaters are superbly decorated by the work of the best Uzbek master craftsmen - östolari - who transformed the foyer of the theater into an original museum of national decorative art.
Of several museums in Tashkent, one of the most interesting is the Decorative arts museum with an extensive collection of ceramics, carvings, textiles, rugs, cast iron, and other crafts. It should also be noted that the Museum of Fine Arts (bringing together some masterpieces of ancient art, 19th century Russian painting and French impressionists, as well as the History museum, the Amir Timour Museum (Tamerlan) or the brand new NBU Modern Arts Gallery (the last two were built after independence).
The Uzbek capital is the only city in Central Asia with a metro with each station lavishly decorated according to a specific theme. The first line was inaugurated in 1977, there are now three.
Among the constructions of the Soviet era, that of the Tashkent TV Tower is remarkable. This unique structure that makes 375 meters de haut combines traditional Uzbek and contemporary architecture. The tower houses the radio and television equipment and other types of communication, as well as a revolving restaurant. It is the 9th tallest tower in the world.
Recent period
Since independence obtained in 1991, the autocratic Uzbek president Islam Karimov undertook a vast program of urban reconstruction, supposed to give the city an even more modern aspect. This urban plan combines the traditions of Islamic architecture with monumental classicism with a goal of representing the renewal of the nation and a bright future of a regional economic power.
Most construction efforts focus on buildings housing the organs of power and banks. Among them, let us quote in particular some imposing buildings newly constructed with colonnades and cupolas, such as the Town Hall (Toshkent Shahri Hokimiyati), The national assembly (Oliy Majlis) or the Presidential White Palace (Oq Saroy), hidden from the eyes of ordinary mortals. The building of the Cabinet of Ministers (Government), seriously damaged after the attacks of 1999, as well as that of the Parliament, were completely redone according to the personal tastes of President Karimov, while the old symbol of the city, the double tower which was, like the other two, on the Independence Square (Mustaqillik Maydoni), the largest type place agora in Central Asia, was dismantled, probably for the same reasons.
A network of expressways and transport hubs has been created throughout Tashkent with the aim of relieving the ever-increasing traffic of cars and speeding up access to outlying districts. Several modern buildings covered with tinted windows have sprung up along the arterial roads, among which the most remarkable is the NBU Bank Tower (108 m, the tallest building in Central Asia), with a nearby business and hotel complex, a sports center and two amusement parks (Tashkentland and Akva-park).
The Square Central (Markaziy Hiyobon), built at the end of the 19th century, with its hundred-year-old plane trees, has been superbly renovated; it provides access to the most popular Sayilgoh pedestrian street in the city, unofficially called "Broadway".
Around Tashkent
Several places of interest can be found outside the city walls of Tashkent. TO 60 km towards the northeast, we discover the region of Bostandyk known as the Tian Shan subtropical zone for the constant heat that prevails all year round, the mountains protecting it from the cold north winds; the humidity is favorable to orchards, vines and walnut trees. The capital of this region, Tchimgan, is the most famous resort in Uzbekistan, an important center of mountain winter sports. Not far from there, an artificial lake of Tcharvak offers majestic landscapes and a rest area for city dwellers fleeing the summer heat of the capital.
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
To learn
- French Institute of Uzbekistan
- French School of Tashkent
Manage the day-to-day
Diplomatic representations
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Belgium C2, Build. 3 App. 74, Kh Samatavoy Street 100000 Tashkent – Honorary Consulate the competent embassy is at Moscow.
1 France 25 Qo’qon Yuli Street – Embassy.
2 UK – Embassy
Swiss – Embassy.
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