Afrasiab Ruins

Afrasiab Ruins is in Uzbekistan. Afrasiab Ruins is situated nearby to Jewish Cemetery, as well as near the government office Бывший кож.завод им.Ахунбабаева.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Afrasiyab and Bibi Khanym.

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 700 metres northwest of Afrasiab Ruins.

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 1¼ km southwest of Afrasiab Ruins.

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 1½ km northeast of Afrasiab Ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.

Jewish mahalla

Neighborhood

Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jewish mahalla is a neighborhood.

Samarkand

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Afrasiab Ruins

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

39.66497° or 39° 39′ 54″ north

Longitude

66.99206° or 66° 59′ 31″ east

Open location code

8JF8MX7R+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 628609219

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bare_rock

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In Other Languages

“Afrasiab Ruins” goes by many names.

Russian: “Руины Афрасиаба”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Cemetery and Бывший кож.завод им.Ахунбабаева.

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