Japanese ⇒ Sekai burari SHOT
View from the 8th-floor guest room of Hotel Samarkand. The Gur-e-Amir is said to be a symbol of Samarkand that refers to as 'The Blue City'.
View from the same hotel Registan Square, Afrasiab Hill in the distance.
The Registan square, surrounded by three Madrasas (Islamic seminary) . From left, Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Tilya Kori Madrasa and Sherdor Madrasa.
Sherdor Madrasa
Ulugh Beg Madrasa, founded in 1420 by Ulugh Beg, the grandson of Timur.
Bibi-Khanym Mosque, the largest mosque in Central Asia, founded by Timur.
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