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Burana Tower

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Church minaret Q852032
Burana Tower
Bernard Gagnon · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
minaret
Heritage designation
World Heritage Site (2014–present)[9]

Location

Country
Kyrgyzstan (1991–present), Karakhanid Khanate (?–1132), Qara Khitai (?–1218), Mongol Empire (?–1400), Soviet Union (1922–1991)[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 42.746°, 75.250°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chuy Region[2]

Period and style

Inception
1100[6]
Height
25.0[11]
Made from material
brick[4]
More facts +6
Located in
Chuy Region
Part of
Balasagun[5]
Coordinates
🗺️ 42.746°, 75.250°
Elevation above sea level
940.0[10]
Located in/on physical feature
Chuy Valley[8]
Opening time
09:00[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Burana Tower ar برج بورانا ar مئذنة بورانا cs Věž Burana de Burana-Turm es Torre de Burana fa برج بورانه fr Burana Tower fr tour Burana hu Burana torony id Menara Burana it Minareto di Burana it torre di Burana ja ブラナの塔 pl Wieża Burana ru Башня Бурана th หอบูรานา tr Burana kulesi uk Вежа Бурана vi Tháp Burana
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Atlas Obscura place ID
burana-tower
Freebase ID
/m/054k7l
GNS Unique Feature ID
11446001
GeoNames ID
8233017
Instagram location ID
236888486
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
45811
Structurae structure ID
20007960

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🔗 Connections
Country 5
Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union, Mongol Empire, Karakhanid Khanate, Qara Khitai
Belongs to 1
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
Heritage designation 1
World Heritage Site
Instance of 1
minaret
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chuy Region
Located in/on physical feature 1
Chuy Valley
Made from material 1
brick
Part of 1
Balasagun
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Summary

Burana Tower is a minaret[1].

Related Entities

Balasagun Kyrgyzstan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . openstreetmap.org. Retrieved . openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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