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Like the much larger Sher Dor medressa at the Registan, and built at the same time, the portal of the Khodja Akrar ensemble features the most-unIslamic lion/tigers (maned and striped - you choose) and...
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The entrance stairway at the Shah-i-Zinda leads the visitor up to a narrow street lined on both sides with mausolea. They are in varying states of repair and restoration and by the time you have...
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Timur means “clever, talented”.Tamerlane, two sons and two grandsons, including Ulug bey, lie beneath the modest Gur Emir Mausoleum. As with other muslim mausoleums, the stones are just markers; the...
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Lady Bibi was the beloved wife of Timur.Bibi Hatun Mosque (15th century)was the largest structure of its time in the world.Tamerlane's idea was to to build the most beautiful mosque of the world and...
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Afrosiab is one of the few ancient places remaining somewhat untouched. While there is a museum exhibiting some of the past artifacts found onsight, the whole of the grounds have not been fully...
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This is one of the most important buildings of the world history. Ulug bey decide to build this observatory in 1428-1429 on one of the hills . In the main hall huge instrument was placed for...
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As I told you apart from the classical subjects in this Madrasah you could learn about Astrology and Astronomy and it became an important center for this subjects. You can see from right to left two...
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Hazreti Hizir mosque was built in the 18th century on the entrance to Samarkand. Hazreti Hizir (Saint Hizir) is very important for us "travellers" because we believe that he is the protector of...
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The decoration on the portal of the Sher Dor medressa poses perhaps the greatest puzzle of anything you will see in Uzbekistan. That it should feature not only animals ( tiger-like beasts that are...
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That's the translation of the local name - Rukhabad - for the mausoleum built by Timur in 1380 for the mystic, Sheikh Burhan al-Din Sagarji. It's said that Timur used to walk around the mausoleum...
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Buried in back yards just southeast of the Gur emir is another Timurid mausoleum, known as the White Palace , built around 1470. Still elegant even in ruin, the building is of cruciform chamber, arch...
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Well, i had read a lot about this mythical city before arriving to Samarqand. However my first impression was that of a big modern city, very green with a lot...
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Age: Samarqand has celebrated its 2750 birthdayPopulation: about 405.000 inhabitantsElevation: 710mLanguages: russian and uzbekCurrency 1euro=1500sums (August...
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Following the history of Samarkand’s importance as scientific city already under Ulug’bek, it is quite logical that the city has a big university today with...
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Not all the monuments in Samarkand are religious.There was a nice building in front of a pond with steps, but I can't remember the name right now (I didn't...
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Small town, some 30 km from SamarkandGet there with a marshrutnoe from the BazaarIt's a pilgrim's for Al-Buchari, one of Islams greatest scientists.Very clean...
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Tamerlane takes a few minutes out to get a shoe shine from some locals. What a sweet guy!Anyway, this statue of Timur The Lame watches traffic day and night,...
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These are the remains of a XVth century Hammam. Stop here just for 5 minutes and try to immagine how did it work, people, atmosphere...
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The "gold covered", served as the main Friday Mosque, which after extensive renovations once again takes your breath away and the adjacent museum exhibits...
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Near Gorky Park, there a not quite ugly Catholic Church.Because my mother was 88 and at the end of her life, I wanted to light a candleTwo months latershe died...
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Mirror of the Soul, Centre of the Universe, these are just some of the names given to Samarkand by those who saw it in its days of glory. The beautiful blue domes, creamy stone walls and...
Take the Golden Road to Samarqand
During three millennia Samarqand, located in the valley of the Zarafshan river, was the main trading and cultural center of Central Asia. Samarqand, one of the most ancient cities of the world,...
Samarkand - Central Asia's Eternal Beauty
Samarkand was the fourth Uzbek city I visited, after Tashkent , Khiva and Bukhara , on my way to Tajikistan and Pamirs . Please make sure that you also read what Leyle of the WanderingCamels wrote......
“It’s too much for my eyes” (Els, one of our travelling companions, at the Shah-i-Zinda) After Khiva and Bukhara, Samarkand seems big and full of bustle, but unlike Tashkent it retains more...
Samarkand was the final stop on my tour through Centralasia. The city is an absolute highlight, much more a city with life and people than Bukhara, which always seemed to me like an open air museum. ...
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