Uzgen Minaret

The Uzgen Minaret also spelled as Özgön Minar or Uzgend Minaret is an 11th-century minaret tower located in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan. It forms part of the ancient ruins in Uzgen along with three well preserved mausoleums located nearby. Uzgen Minaret is a 27.5 m tall tapering tower, with an 8.5 m base diameter, reducing to 6.2 m at the top.

Built with bricks, the Uzgen minaret's architecture consist of three distinctive parts. It has a 5 m high octahedron shaped lower part and a tapering cylindrical middle part, similar to the Burana Tower in northern Kyrgyzstan. The upper part with arched windows and a cupola is a relatively recent addition, built in 1923 to 1924.