Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
The terrace with twenty-carved columns of sandalwood, at the entrance of the Hazrat Imam Mosque; it was built in four months in 2007, in the style of the 16th century, at the Khazrati Imam Complex, a religious centre of Tashkent. This complex is near the tomb of one of the first imams of Tashkent, the famous scientist, scholar of the Koran and Hadith, poet and craftsman Hazrati Imam (Abu-Bakr Muhammad Kaffal Shashi).
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Jun 03, 2013