Nurota

Nurota is a metropolis and seat of Nurota District in Navoiy Region in Uzbekistan. Nurota was based as the historical city Nur, in 327 BC with the aid of Alexander the Great. The remains of his army fort inside the south of the town are nonetheless to be seen nowadays and the water supply device that Alexander had hooked up continues to be partially used.

The fortress consisted of several elements, with Shahristan 500x500 meters in size, which changed into surrounded at that with a big wall and towers. The production of a fortress at Nurota had a particular motive, as the metropolis became set in a strategic region on the border among an agricultural location and a wild steppe. This place is cited in numerous historic chronicles as an crucial strategic vicinity convenient for collecting an navy earlier than attacking neighboring lands and as a place of refuge for rebels and outcasts.

The metropolis is likewise well-known as a Muslim pilgrimage region. Muhammad Narshakhi, who wrote approximately the records of Bukhara in 943, provides information about the agreement Nur, located on the foot of the mountain. Narshakhi wrote” many people, who're buried there, have seen Prophet Muhammad”. During the 10th century pilgrims from Bukhara and different places got here to the holy graves located subsequent to the city fortifications and mosques. Currently, pilgrims keep journeying the holy places.