3D print Kaltaminor
A free, printable model of the short, wide minaret, with its bands of geometric patterns, and the surrounding streets and buildings, generated from real map data in your browser.
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The model you print
Kaltaminor in 3D
The landmark on its own, at its size on a 160 mm print. Print friendly thickens thin parts for a 0.4 mm nozzle; Full detail keeps every part.
- Real height
- 29 m
- On a 160 mm print
- 8 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
29 m of Kaltaminor, 8 mm on your shelf
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
- Fine tile patterns
Bands of small geometric patterns wrap the tapering shaft. Print friendly adapts these fine patterns to the print scale; Full detail keeps them on a larger print.
- Layer height for the bands
A layer height of 0.12–0.16 mm and a bigger print size keep the patterned bands and the rim at the top readable.
- One piece with the ground
Kaltaminor is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Kaltaminor takes the building color.
- File format
You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About Kaltaminor
Kaltaminor, also written Kalta Minor, is a memorial minaret in Khiva, Uzbekistan. It stands in front of the madrasa that bears Muhammad Amin Khan's name and is sometimes counted as part of it. Muhammad Amin Bahadur Khan ruled the Khiva Khanate and had it begun as the biggest, highest minaret in the Muslim world. The plan called for a height of 70–80 meters, with the diameter narrowing sharply upward for stability. The base is 14.2 meters across, and the khan meant to surpass India's 73-meter Qutb Minar.
Work started in 1852 and then halted suddenly in 1855, with the minaret 29 meters high. A Khiva historian and writer says it was never finished because the khan died during a battle near Sarakhs that year. The tower is known for being incomplete.
It is also known for its decoration. It is the sole minaret clad completely in glazed tiles, and geometric patterns are used throughout. White, green and turquoise tiles are used, and the frequent turquoise has earned it the name blue minaret. A wooden staircase inside leads up from the second floor. Tile inscriptions with poems by Ogahiy were restored for Khiva's 2500th anniversary (1996–97).
About this model
Kaltaminor is one of more than 4,900 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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