White Marble City Ashgabat

Ashgabat the capital of energy rich turkmenistan has been recognized by guinness world records as having the world s highest density of buildings made from white marble.

White marble city ashgabat.

Fountains government and office buildings even appartment buildings. Ashgabat was recently noted by the guinness book of world records as having the most white marble clad buildings in the world 543 new buildings lined with white marble covering a total area of. The white city of ashgabat. Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 ashgabat earthquake but has since been extensively rebuilt under the rule of saparmurat niyazov s white city urban renewal project resulting in monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble.

In an area measuring just 22 square km in the capital ashgabat there are 543 new buildings clad with 4 5 million cubic meters of white marble. The city boasts 543 new. As you cruise through the turkmenistan s capital city of ashgabat you will be aghast at the white marble buildings the ornate street lamps the golden monuments and perfectly manicured gardens. You may have heard that it is the city with the highest density of white marble buildings but until i got there i didn t quite understand what it meant.

In 2013 ashgabat entered the guinness world records for having the highest concentration of white marble buildings than any other city in the world. The attention to detail really is outstanding but when you re spending billions of dollars it really should be. Almost everything is made out of marble. On march 23th 2013 ashgabat was recorded on guinness as the city with the most buildings covered with white marble.

If during the soviet times the city looked more like a small russian country town today it impresses visitors with new tall buildings huge. Interior of the ertugrul gazi mosque courtyard in the white and marble city of asjchabad with great buildings panoramic view of ashgabat the capital of turkmenistan in central asia.