Building · Iran
Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Farasfaj
A Safavid-era caravanserai in Farasfaj, Iran, reflecting the dynasty's infrastructure investment and the prosperity of historic trade routes…
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Zone · Uzbekistan
Shah-i-Zinda
A medieval necropolis of approximately 20 mausoleums on a hillside in Samarkand, whose facades are covered in cobalt…
Zone · Iran
Shahr-e Sukhteh
The Burnt City of the Sistan Desert: a 150-hectare Bronze Age metropolis that produced the world's oldest board…
Building · Afghanistan
Shahr-e-Gholghola
An archaeological site in Bamyan, Afghanistan, where Genghis Khan's favorite grandson was killed in 1221, prompting the khan…
Zone · Iran
Shahr-i Sokhta — The Burnt City
The largest Bronze Age city on the Iranian plateau and the site of some of the most extraordinary…
City · Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz (XIV–XV sec.): la città di Timur e il palazzo Ak-Saray (Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan)
Qui, nel cuore verde della Transoxiana, nacque Timur, e qui volle un palazzo che sfidasse il cielo: l'Ak-Saray,…
Building · France
Shakespeare and Company, Paris
The Left Bank's English-language lighthouse - Whitman's shop facing Notre-Dame where 30,000 Tumbleweed writers have slept among the…
Zone · Uzbekistan
Shakhrisabz — Timur’s Birthplace and the Wonder of the Timurid World
In the Kashkadarya valley of southern Uzbekistan, approximately 80 km south of Samarkand, the city of Shakhrisabz was…
Area · Azerbaijan
Shaki, Azerbaijan
A Silk Road trading city in Azerbaijan's Caucasus foothills, Shaki preserves the Palace of Shaki Khans and a…
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