Sacred Place
Shah-i-Zinda
- Place type
- Sacred Place
- Elevation
- 700 m
Field notes
The field account
Shah-i-Zinda is a medieval cemetery in Samarkand and a place of pilgrimage, a collection of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The set consists of eleven mausoleums, successively joined to each other during the 14th-15th centuries. In 2001, the entire Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum, along with other ancient buildings in Samarkand, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Map margin
Where it sits
Visual field notes
A closer look
