Outside the Ark – The Square or Registan
Where the beheading of two British officers took place in 1842 – Prior to their execution ,they had to dig their own graves!!

THE ARK : A royal town within a town,is Bukhara’s oldest structure,occupied from 5th century right up until 1920,when it was bombed by the Red Army.
Outside ,in from of the fortress,is medieval Bukhara’s main square ,the REGISTAN,a favourite venue for executions,including those of the British officers Stoddart and Conolly ,both of whom were beheaded in the square in 1842