Uzbekistan

Bukhara is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. Bukhara is a city-museum, with about 140 architectural monuments

Samarkand is a city, most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West. In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane) and is the site of his mausoleum

Now Arch open-air museum. In the niches at the entrance to the masters work shops, and the ramp up could be anyone, even for a horse, even on foot. Gray Wall Arch look on with indifference visitors - they have seen and heard so much - silent witnesses of the grandeur and decadence of obscurantism and the triumph of humanity, justice and cruelty.

Nukus is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic

Statue of the 9th-century mathematician, astronomer and geographer Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, whose nisba (identifying him as from Khwarazm) was Latinized as Algoritmi, and gave also his name to the region of Khiva

The Ulugbek Madrasah is a muslim spiritual, educational and religious building of the XV century in Samarkand. The oldest madrasa is a part of architectural ensemble of The Registan Square.

The Kalyan Minaret, also known as Katta Minor (literally "Grand Minaret") is the minaret of the Friday Mosque in the historic center of Bukhara, built in 1127 by the Karakhanid Arslan Khan, known for his activities as a town planning.

The terracotta brick minaret is a symbol of Bukhara; the highest with its 45.6 meters and one of the oldest architectural monuments in the city; one of the most remarkable structures of this type in the Muslim East.

The High Middle Ages minaret, which constitutes a unique architectural ensemble with the Miri Arab Madrasah, the Kalyan Mosque and the Emir Alim Khan Madrasah, as well as other monuments of the historic center of Bukhara, is inscribed on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.