CENTRAL ASIA: SAMARKAND 2018: Ulug Beg Madrassah, Samarkand

The scholar Ulug Beg was the grandson of Tamurlane, and he built this madrassah (Islamic college) in 1417-20. By the eighteenth century it had fallen into disrepair, but stunning restoration has been accomplished, most notably for the 600th anniversary of his birth in 1994.
Ulug Beg Madrassah, Samarkand

The scholar Ulug Beg was the grandson of Tamurlane, and he built this madrassah (Islamic college) in 1417-20. By the eighteenth century it had fallen into disrepair, but stunning restoration has been accomplished, most notably for the 600th anniversary of his birth in 1994.