💀 Cursed Places in Uzbekistan

The Amazing Restoration of Samarkand’s Historic Buildings

💀💀💀💀 3.6/5 None

While a certain extremist group has been systemically destroying precious ancient monuments in the middle-east, one Isla...

Shah-i-Zinda (I)

💀💀💀💀 3.6/5 Samarkand

This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an a...

The Disappearing Aral Lake and the Ship Graveyard of Moynaq

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Moynaq (also spelled as Muynak and Moynaq) is a city in northern Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan. Half a century ag...

Masjid-i Bibi Khanum

💀💀💀💀 3.5/5 Samarkand

Only four massive fragments and a minaret survive of this enormous mosque commissioned by Timur after a victorious campa...

Shir Dar

💀💀💀 3.3/5 Samarkand

In the center of Samarkand is the Registan ensemble, composed of three major examples of a madrasah (religious school...

Kalta Minor Minaret of Khiva, Uzbekistan

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Kalta Minor is an iconic symbol of the city of Khiva in Uzbekistan. This short yet stout stump of a minaret is located i...

Gur-Emir

💀💀💀 3.3/5 Samarkand

Although known primarily as the burial place of Timur (Tamerlane), Gur-Emir was begun by Timur in 1403 to commemorate th...

Zhemchug

💀💀💀 3.3/5 Tashkent

The city of Tashkent, with its almost three million inhabitants, is the capital and economic centre of Uzbekistan. Heir ...

Shah-i-Zinda (II)

💀💀💀 3.2/5 Samarkand

This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an a...