Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan, nomination of the ancient town of Kunya-Urgench for inclusion on the World Heritage list by the Government of Turkmenistan

Mukhammed A. Mamedov (1) , Ruslan Murado , Igor Zubanov , Annamurat Begmuradov , Medet Masharipov , Sébastien Moriset (2)

1 Government of Turkmenistan
2 CRAterre - CRAterre

Turkmenistan, the crossroad of the busiest medieval path - the great Silk Road - and the meeting point of western and eastern civilizations, is well known by archaeologists and historians as a great land of history and ancient civilizations. Kunya-Urgench is the largest archaeological site in the north of Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the old Amu-Darya riverbed, representing a vast zone of protected landscape with well preserved monuments of great architectural value, numerous ruins and rich unexplored archaeological sub-layers. There is no doubt about the architectural, archaeological and historical significance of this site.

Mots clés: Turkmenistan; Archeology; World Heritage

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Mukhammed A. Mamedov, Ruslan Murado, Igor Zubanov, Annamurat Begmuradov, Medet Masharipov, et al.. Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan, nomination of the ancient town of Kunya-Urgench for inclusion on the World Heritage list by the Government of Turkmenistan. [0] Government of Turkmenistan; UNESCO; CRAterre. 2004, pp.236. ⟨hal-03116989⟩