CENTRAL ASIA: SAMARKAND 2018: The mosque of Bibi Khanum, Samarkand

Built by Tamurlane around the year 1400, this vast complex has had a chequered history, suffering earthquake damage, Bukharan plunder and was even used as stables by Tsarist soldiers. Resoration proper began under the Soviets in the 1970's.
The mosque of Bibi Khanum, Samarkand

Built by Tamurlane around the year 1400, this vast complex has had a chequered history, suffering earthquake damage, Bukharan plunder and was even used as stables by Tsarist soldiers. Resoration proper began under the Soviets in the 1970's.