Sacred sights of Akmola region -
Tourism from the city of Almaty to the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana -
The Mausoleum of Akhmet (Kyzyl-Tam) is an architectural monument, a sacral, sacred place and place of pilgrimage in the Akmola region. According to local legend, a rich man named Akhmet Tankeyev is buried in the mausoleum. The mausoleum is a square building 7 meters high, built of red brick topped with a round dome; the mausoleum is part of a small necropolis. The mausoleum is in disrepair, some of the walls on the outside are slowly collapsing, it is not safe to enter the mausoleum, next to the mausoleum there is another small monument, a burial place of a modern building.
How to get there, visit -
The Kyzyl-Tam (Akhmeta) mausoleum is located 7 kilometers from the village of Dalabay, the right bank of the Yesil (Ishim) River, Zharkarinsky district, Akmola region, Republic of Kazakhstan.
GPS coordinates: N51°05′43″ E66°34′15″
Information -
The Mausoleum of Akhmet (Kyzyl-Tam) Akhmet was first explored in 1955 by the Akmola archaeological expedition led by K. Akishev. Later, in 1980, it was studied by an expedition of the Kaz-Regeneration institution (headed by Zh. Shaikenov), and in 2006 by the Main Directorate of the Research and Design Department of the Republican State Enterprise KazZhoba Restoration (under the leadership of G. Kamalova). The mausoleum was built by the builders Turabay and Rapai by order of the merchant Akhmet Tankeyev. The walls are made of clay mortar and baked rectangular bricks and are faced with burnt bricks on both sides, the basement floor is made of slate. The facade at the four corners of the quadrangle is divided to a height of 2 meters from the base. The largest cracks in the brickwork with vertical cracks are observed on the south-east facade along the staircase towards the roof. The size of the area in plan is 6.3 x 6.7 meters, which corresponds to the portal-dome shape of the mausoleum. Above the quadrangle, a spherical-conical dome on a cylindrical drum rises to a height of 2.5 meters. The total height of the mausoleum is 7.15 meters. The main facade on the southwestern side is made in the form of a rectangular portal, formed by extending the main wall above the square. The arched door niche is flanked on both sides by narrow columns connected by a curved façade. Based on the decorative design on the facade, Arabic inscriptions of the word “Allah” are applied in diamond-shaped patterns mixed with vertical stone stripes along the perimeter of the facade walls, framed by rows of square bricks.
Mausoleum of Kyzyl Tam (Akhmeta) in Akmola region
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