Samarkand: the historic centre
View of the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636), with to the left one of the minarets of the Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), built by Ulugh Beg during the Timurid Empire era, on the Registan, the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Jun 16, 2013