Sacred Place

Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah - a madrasah in Bukhara, named after the Ashtarkhanid ruler Abdulaziz Khan, is a paired ensemble with Ulugbek madrasah. The entrance is distinguished by its high and rich external ornament, yellow paint was used for the first time. A wide variety of techniques were used in the design of the madrasah: carved tiles and carved mosaics, relief majolica, carved marble, alabaster fresco, gilding.

The Dorut Tilavat (Dor-i-Tilavat/Dorut Tilovat/Dor al-Tilavat) complex is a "house of meditation". It has a large Friday mosque Kouk Gumbaz and the mausoleum of Goumbazi Saydan.

Place Registan, which has existed for more than 6 centuries. Some of the buildings that are in the square have been kept here in their original form from the time they were built. Special attention deserves a complex of three medersas - schools built in the Middle Ages, lined with mosaics in the traditional national style. The square itself was paved with baked bricks at the end of the 19th century.

The Ulugbek Madrasah is a muslim spiritual, educational and religious building of the XV century in Samarkand. The oldest madrasa is a part of architectural ensemble of The Registan Square.

The SherDor madrasa- Islamic educational, spiritual, educational and memorial religious building of the XVII century in Registan Square of Samarkand.

Another decoration of Samarkand is the Bibi-Khanum Mosque, a holy monument of the 15th century. It is believed that the mosque was built by order of Tamerlane, who returned from India with a triumphant victory. The great commander wanted to build a monument for life testifying to his victories.

Shah-i-Zinda ("living tsar") is a monument of medieval architecture in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), a set of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The existing complex consists of eleven mausoleums, successively attached to each other during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Nevertheless, during the excavations on the eastern slope of the city of Afrasiab, remains of mausoleums of the XI—XII centuries were discovered. In 2001, all the mausoleums of Shah-i-Zinda and other ancient buildings of Samarkand are included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Memorial Complex of Imam Al-Bukhari - memorial complex of buildings, religious, spiritual and educational purpose the end of the XX century in the village Hartang Payaryk district of Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. Built on the initiative of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.