Samarkand: towards the outskirts
Interior of the cupola at the Shirin Beka Oqo mausoleum; it was built for Timur's sister in 1385 in the Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble, with its mausoleums and other ritual buildings of the 9th - 14th and 19th centuries.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Jun 17, 2013