Samarkand
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Contained in place
Type
- Place of Worship
Geolocation
POINT (66.9678577 39.6492712)
Description
The Gur-e Amir (or Guri Amir) is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
It occupies an important place in the history of Persian-Mongolian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra
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768
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785
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680
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768
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1024
Region
Elevation
717 m
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