Can tourists enter Juma Mosque?

Tourists are welcome to go to the Juma Mosque in Khiva, which is well-known for its unusual architecture, with 212 intricately carved wooden pillars. Entry is generally included with the usual Itchan Kala visitor ticket, so people don’t need to buy extra access.

Unlike many older Central Asian mosques with large inner courtyards and heavy domes, this 10th-century building has a flat roof held up by columns, and some of these elements are more than a thousand years old. The dim light, plus a kind of forest-like layout of the pillars, delivers outstanding acoustic and visual effects. Guests should behave considerately, since this site is an important fragment of Islamic architectural history.