Samarkand Region

Registan Square

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.

Samarkand
Samarkand
Uzbekistan

Bibi-Khanym Mosque

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.

Samarkand
Samarkand
Uzbekistan

Shah-i-Zinda

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.

Samarkand
Samarkand
Uzbekistan

Gur-e Amir Mausoleum

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

Samarkand
Samarkand
Uzbekistan

Samarkand

Samarkand is famous for its surprisingly long history - it is one of the oldest cities in the world, founded 8 centuries BC. In the old days, this city was the most important point connecting East and West, and the Silk Road passed through Samarkand. Therefore, here, as nowhere else, a huge number of cultural and historical monuments have been preserved - such as mausoleums, museums, mosques, the ruins of ancient settlements and much more.

Samarkand was proclaimed in 2001 by UNESCO crossroads of cultures and world heritage site.