Uzbekistan
Low angle view of the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, seen at twilight, on July 14, 2010. Floodlighting enhances the decorative tiled archways and loggias of the domed building, whose blue colour scheme compliments the evening sky. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries
Picture No
13425278
Media ID
45091086
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5616px x 3744px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
