Balasagun

Chuy Region · Kyrgyzstan

Balasagun, Kyrgyzstan
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An ancient capital of the Karakhanid state in the Chuy valley, near the surviving Burana tower. The wider site preserves city walls, mausoleums and the traces of a once-thriving medieval metropolis.

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