Monuments of Uzbekistan

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Monuments and historic complexes across Uzbekistan — each with photos, a map and a narrated guide in your language.

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Samarkand

Three madrasas built between 1417 and 1660 face one another across the square at the centre of old Samarkand.

Mausoleum

Samarkand

The ribbed blue dome over the tomb of Timur, begun in 1403 for his grandson and now the burial place of his dynasty.

Necropolis

Samarkand

A lane of tiled mausoleums climbing a hillside, built between the 11th and 19th centuries around a revered tomb.

Mosque

Samarkand

Timur's vast Friday mosque of 1399–1404, with a 35-metre entrance portal, partly rebuilt after centuries of collapse.