| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Taking samsas from a tandoor.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Cooking oil sellers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Oil sellers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Child selling oil.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Vegetable seller.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Selling rice.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Man.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Old woman and young girl in a shop.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Broom sellers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Garlic sellers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Buying noodles.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Uzbek seller of drinks.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Mother and son.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Woman in the market.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Old man.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Making bread.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Two women selling the distinctive bread of the region.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Woman carrying bread.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Gold toothed Uzbek woman.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Woman with headscarf.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
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Woman.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Urgut
|
 |
Four women shopping.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
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View over Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of Timur.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
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The town has many blue domed buildings.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
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Statue of Timur in the centre of the town of his birth.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
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Shahrisabz Chorsu, one of many untiled tombs.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Gumbazi Seyidan
|
 |
Gumbazi Seyidan is a mausoleum built by Ulugbek in 1438.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Gumbazi Seyidan
|
 |
The decorated interior.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Gumbazi Seyidan
|
 |
The dazzling dome of the tomb.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
 |
The Tomb of Jehangir was built by Timur in 1392 for his favourite son.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
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The Crypt of Timor where Timor would have been buried if the road from Samarkand had been open when he died.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque was completed by Ulugbek in 1437.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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One of the domes.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Gate in the courtyard of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Tilework on the mosque gate.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Paintings inside the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Painted plants.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Detail of wall paintings.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Painted arch.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Tree.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Family having a drink.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
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Paintings of flowers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
|
 |
The Mauoleum of Sheikh Shamseddin Kulyal was completed in 1374 for Timor's teacher.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Ak-Saray Palace
|
 |
The 40m high gateway of the 14th century Ak-Saray Palace built by Timur.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Ak-Saray Palace
|
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Delapidated tiles.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Ak-Saray Palace
|
 |
The 40m high tower.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Bukhara, Central Asia's holiest city, is a place of domes, tiles and arches.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Lyabi Hauz
|
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Lyabi Hauz is a pool centred square in the heart of old Bukhara.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Lyabi Hauz
|
 |
Three men.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Lyabi Hauz
|
 |
A statue of Hoja Nasruddin riding a donkey.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka
|
 |
The Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka is a Sufi contemplation hall dating from 1622.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka
|
 |
Detail of the gateway tile work.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka
|
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Side view of the hall.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kukeldash Medressa
|
 |
The Kukeldash Medressa occupied the entire northern side of the Lyabi Hauz square.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kukeldash Medressa
|
 |
The Kukeldash Medressa was once the largest Islamic school in Central Asia. It is now a shopping centre.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Madressa
|
 |
The Nadir Divanbegi Madressa dates from 1622.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Madressa
|
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Tiling on the main gate depicts images of birds and a pig, unusual in Islamic art.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Madressa
|
 |
Detail of the tile work.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Madressa
|
 |
Detail from the tile work.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Nadir Divanbegi Madressa
|
 |
The inner courtyard is a chaikhana (tea house).
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
The 9th century Maghoki Attar Mosque is the oldest surving mosque in Central Asia.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
Fine stone decoration of the outside walls.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
The entrance is lower than street level representing Bukhara's 12th century level.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was built on the site of a 5th century Zoroastrian temple, itself built on the site of a Buddhist temple.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The Taqi-Zaegaron Bazaar is one of the many domed markets in Bukhara.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The domed Taqi-Telpak Furushon Bazaar (cap makers market).
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Scissors on sale in the bazaar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
School child.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
The Ulugbek Madressa was built in 1417 and is the oldest in Central Asia.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
The main facade is a mix of tile and brick work.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
The entrance .
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
Delicate tile work on the entrance gate.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
Detail of a twisted column.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
Courtyard archway with blue and yellow tiles.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Ulugbek Madressa
|
 |
The interior courtyard.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The Kalon Minaret is 47m high and dates from 1127.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The minaret has 14 different bands including the first use of blue glazed tiles in Central Asia.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
Detail of brickwork and caligraphy of the minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The minaret stands in front of the younger walled Kalon Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The 16th century mosque holds up to 10,000 people.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The interior courtyard.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The minaret from the courtyard of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The blue tiled dome.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
One of the many domed bazaar buildings in the old city.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mir-I-Arab Madressa
|
 |
The Mir-I-Arab Madressa is an Islamic school. It one of the few to have stayed open during Soviet times.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mir-I-Arab Madressa
|
 |
The dome and the two level facade.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mir-I-Arab Madressa
|
 |
Decorated gateway.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
One of the city's domed bazaars.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Wooden door and windows in Bukhara's old town.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
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Carpets for sale in the old town.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Uzbek man in one of Bukhara's bazaars.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Young Tajik girl in the old city.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
The entrance to The Ark, the former walled royal residence, occupied from the 5th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
The enormous walls protected the Khan until the Soviet invasion of 1920.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
The 17th century Juma Mosque has wooden columns and roof.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
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Carved wooden pillar from the Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
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Colourful wooden ceiling in the Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
Large Russian samovar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
The throne area where Alim Khan, the final ruler of Bukhara, was crowned in 1910.
|
2008 |
were added from 1 February 2025.