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Ovezberda mausoleum.

Sightseeing tour on Ashgabad.

Among monuments of architecture of Karakalinsk district it should be noted the mausoleum of the sheikh Ovezberda located in three kilometers from the settlement of Yuvan-kala.
The square mausoleum (the party of 9 m) is executed from the burned brick (23 x 23 x 4,5 cm) on clay solution.
Strongly put forward (on 2,5 m) the portal with a lancet niche focused on the southeast accents an entrance to the dome square room (the party of 5,5 m) in which each wall there are lancet niches with arch apertures (are put).
Each facade, except the main thing, is dismembered by three arch niches in P-shaped frames.
In averages the niches-door (put) and window openings.

Authority:
On materials of information department of the State committee of Turkmenistan on tourism and sport. "Religious and spiritual monuments to Central Asia". Author M. Hashimov. Saga publishing house, 2001