Samarkand

Arc Citadel Bukhara Countryside Fayzulla Khujayev Fergana Valley Guri Amir Mausoleum Khiva Margilan Market Samarkand Samarkand Market Samarkand 2001 Sasha and Sons B&B Shahr-i-Zindah Tombs Shakrisabze Shakrisabze Market Tash Haule Palace Tashkent Uzbek Muslim's

Samarkand

 

The Registan
(Photo taken in 1963)

 

The Registan in 2001
(note the dome has been rebuilt)

 

elaborate reconstruction

 

the Medressa
(Islamic college)

 

student rooms

 

looking into the courtyard

 

in the mosque

Mihrab, a decorative niche in the
 particular wall of a mosque that is in the direction of Mecca.

 

mimbar
 a pulpit from which the Friday sermon is preached

 

now the Medressa is a sales area for handicraft

Photos of the Guri Amir Mausoleum

Photos of Shahr-i-Zindah Tombs

 

Ulughbek and his advisors?

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People Photos

 

young Uzbek dancer

 

colorful costume

the Bazar in 1963

the Bazar in 2001

 

 

 

 

 

People in the countryside

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