Lyabi-Hauz

Lyabi-Hauz (lit. "brim of a pool") is very popular among tourists, it is the largest artificial reservoir of medieval Bukhara. It was made in about 1620 between Khana­ka and Madrasah, constructed by the order of  khan's vizier Nadir Divan-beghi. The two new buildings and Kukeldash Madrasah formed a perfect architectural ensemble with the reservoir in the center. The pool is 42 meters long, 36 meters wide and about 5 meters deep. Lyabi- Hauz's "banks" are equipped with stone steps by which Bukhara watermen went down to take some water