#Samarkand UNESCO #world heritage sites

#Gur-e Amir Сomplex on #Bustonsaroy Street
# Now only the foundations of the madrasah and khanaka, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains.

#Rukhobod Mausoleum on #Registan Street
# This brick mausoleum, dated 1380 and possibly the city's oldest surviving monument, was renovated in 2015 and now serves as a souvenir and craft shop.

#Registan Complex on #Registan Street
# The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous tap to visualize the complete version of this shortened textcopper pipes called dzharchis - and a place of public executions. It is framed by three madrasahs (Islamic schools) of distinctive Islamic architecture.

#Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum on #Ulitsa Tashkentskaya
# Across from the Bibi-Khanym Mosque is Bibi-Khanym's surprisingly plain 14th-century mausoleum, home to five tombs and some lovely interior painted stalactites.

#Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble on #Shah-i-Zinda Street
# The ensemble comprises three groups of structures: lower, middle and upper connected by four-arched domed passages localtap to visualize the complete version of this shortened textly called chartak. The earliest buildings date back to the 11-12th centuries. Mainly their bases and headstones have remained now.

#Observatory of Ulugbek Samarkand on #Tashkent Road
# Built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg, it is considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world.