°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 copper 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 locally 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.