Uzbekistan · Building
Abdidarun Complex
A 15th-century shrine and mosque built around the 9th-century tomb of Allama Abd Maziddin on Samarkand's fortress wall,…
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Samarkand
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Uzbekistan · Building
Afrasiyab (Samarkand)
An ancient mound in Samarkand occupied for two millennia until the Mongol invasion of 1220, now revealing its…
Uzbekistan · Monument
Gur-e-Amir
The mausoleum of Timur in Samarkand exemplifies Timurid architecture and served as the prototype for the greatest Mughal…
Uzbekistan · Zone
Historic City of Samarkand
The most important city on the Silk Road and the capital of the greatest empire in the 14th-century…
Uzbekistan · Square
Registan
The Registan is Samarkand's most celebrated square, anchored by three monumental madrasas built between the 14th and 17th…
Uzbekistan · Zone
Samarkand
The most visually magnificent city on the Silk Road and the capital of Timur’s 14th-century empire — Samarkand…
Uzbekistan · Zone
Samarkand
Timur's imperial capital, Samarkand pairs the tiled Registan square with the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum and Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, on a…
Uzbekistan · Building
Samarkand — The Registan and the Timurid Heritage
The Registan's three Timurid madrasas, built between 1420 and 1660, remain the architectural centrepiece of Samarkand's Silk Road…
Uzbekistan · Zone
Shah-i-Zinda
A medieval necropolis of approximately 20 mausoleums on a hillside in Samarkand, whose facades are covered in cobalt…
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