The "Dome of the Jewellers" is the largest and the most complex in structure of Bukhara's trading arcades, put up under Abdullah Khan II in the second half of the 16th century. It stands at a crossroads of four streets: the central dome rests on a net of intersecting arches, small domes are scattered around it, and the streets pass straight through without running into walls. Some three dozen workshops and stalls fitted under the vault, where the jewellers both worked and sold on the spot: earrings, bracelets, hair ornaments, silver pendants. Every craft in the city kept its own guild with a headman and a charter, and the trading domes were divided among the guilds on exactly that reckoning. Domes in Bukhara were built at trading crossroads; there were six such large structures in all, and not all of them have come down to us. Zargaron is the northernmost of the three that survive: on one side of it are the madrasas of Ulugh Beg and Abdulaziz Khan, on the other begins the road to Poi-Kalon, and the whole trading street is strung along this line. Today jewellery, silk, suzani embroidery and souvenirs are sold here. The thick brickwork keeps the place cool even in the fiercest heat.
- Address
- Street intersection near Poi Kalyan, Bukhara
- Opening hours
- 9:00-19:00
- Prices
- Free admission
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