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Ulughbek Observatory

Observatory

Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This school of astronomy was constructed under the Timurid Empire, and was the last of its kind from the Islamic Medieval period. Ulughbek Observatory is situated 1 km west of Sanatorium Zarafshan.

Afrasiyab

Grassland

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Afrasiyab is an ancient site in northern Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. Afrasiyab is situated 2½ km west of Sanatorium Zarafshan.

Bibi Khanym

Mosque

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

The Bibi-Khanym Mosque is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world. Bibi Khanym is situated 3½ km southwest of Sanatorium Zarafshan.

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Jewish mahalla

Neighborhood

Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jewish mahalla is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km southwest of Sanatorium Zarafshan.

Samarkand

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Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets.

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