Bukhara
View from the front of the gateway to the Kalyan Mosque, 1514, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the morning. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13425506
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45094682
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5616px x 3744px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
