Project Description
It is a unique architectural structure, also referred to as the mausoleum Fakhraddin Razi miracle survived and came to our days. It was built before the Mongol invasion in Urgench. The shape of the mausoleum is different clarity and simplicity of composition: cube, it dvenadtsatigrannaya prism drum and an outer dome of the tent dvenadtsatigrannaya.
Mausoleum of Il-Arslan was manually decorated with a relief carved terracotta, expressed in intricate ornamentation: vegetable and geometrical patterns. Moreover, when performing the decor used is very special medieval technique. Tightly lying on the ground has not yet been fired bricks covered with clay, on which ornamental relief cut the hardest. Then, the whole composition was cut along the seams between the bricks and with them calcined, and then re-assembled already on the facade.
So Il-Arslan Mausoleum completely unique building of its era, demonstrating the achievements of medieval architecture. gone 700 years, and this decoration continues to delight its perfection.
