Экскурсия в Самарканде: Uzbekistan, Samarkand - required places to view

The boundless gardens are seen already at the entry to the city. The history of their creation became a thing of the past. Amir Timur in XIV century ordered to create a green belt around the capital of his empire. The architectural-organized gardens with plantations of fruit and decorative trees, flower gardens, irrigation system and pools were magnificent and splendid. "A traveler who approaches the city Having inspected richly decorated gravestones, made of onyx with superfine ligature of dedicatory inscriptions, lighted precious semi-columns, unusual wall-paintings, cupola, which are opened for the observation of tourists, ask to show a burial place itself. And the keeper for a reasonable price will lead you into the low crypt where under the flat cupola you can see the ancient graves.

Next in turn is the legendary Registan square which by right is the main architectural sight in whole Central Asia. Since ancient time this square was trade and public center of Samarkand. The proud mass of three madrassahs of Ulug Bek, Shir Dor, Tillya Kari dominate here. Ulugbek as his grandfather paid a great attention to monumental building and during his rule the ensemble of magnificent buildings was completed.

sees only a mountainous height of trees and the houses embowered among them remain invisible" wrote Spanish envoy Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo who visited Samarkand in 1404. "Bogi Zagon", "Bogi Shamol", "Bogi Maidon", "Bogi Baland", "Bogi Dilkush": - all names of gardens are kept till nowadays. And at present time Samarkand is one of the greenest cites of Uzbekistan.

Amir Timur made his great contribution into the formation of state system, progress of science and culture. The vast program of town-planning was carried out during his rule and especially - in the capital of state - Samarkand. Huge funds were assigned for the erection of monumental buildings, in fact grandiose architectural buildings were to serve as an indicator of grandeur of empire and its sovereign. Temur gathered skillful architects, builders, masters of architectural decor. We can admire splendid works at the present time. The city charms as personified in real life fairy tales of Shaherezada.

Start your tour visiting Gur Emir building - a mausoleum of Amir Temur. From a distance Gur Emir looks like a blue tulip, folded tightly its turquoise petals. The remains of great sovereign, his two sons and two grandsons, one of them is a prominent scientist and thinker of the East - Mirzo Ulugbek are rested on here.

автор: русский гид Дониёр Убайдуллаев