Tradition
Akhal-Teke horse breeding
The Akhal-Teke, a legendary Turkmen horse breed, embodies centuries of selective breeding tradition passed through oral pedigree records.…
Region
Turkmenistan
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Zone
Ancient Merv
The greatest city of the Silk Road in Central Asia and for two centuries the capital of the…
Zone
Ancient Merv — Silk Road Metropolis of the Karakum Desert
At the edge of the Karakum Desert, where a river once made the otherwise impassable landscape habitable, five…
Tradition
Epic art of Gorogly
A heroic oral tradition sung by Turkic peoples for centuries, the Epic of Gorogly celebrates a legendary champion…
Area
Fortezze partiche di Nisa (III sec. a.C.): la capitale di un impero dimenticato (Nisa, Turkmenistan)
Ai piedi dei monti Kopet Dag, in Turkmenistan, sorgono le rovine in terra cruda di Nisa, una delle…
Zone
Gonur Tepe
The lost capital of a Bronze Age civilisation unknown to history until 50 years ago: a 55-hectare city…
Zone
Konye-Urgench
The ruins of the medieval Khorezmian capital — once one of the greatest cities of Central Asia, with…
Zone
Kunya-Urgench
The greatest medieval Islamic city of Central Asia after Samarkand, and one of the most completely destroyed cities…
Area
Merv
Once the world's largest city, Merv was a paramount center of Islamic science and culture on the Silk…
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