Part 137 - A day in Samarkand - World Cycle Tour - 2018
Channel: Lets Go Biking - Adventure Cycle Touring
Date: 2018-08-11

Wednesday 25th July. 

A day in Samarkand. 

Today we visited two sights in Samarkand. Firstly Registan Square - one of the most beautiful Islamic squares in the world. 
Then in the evening we visited Bibi-Khanym Mosque. This Mosque used to be the largest and most beautiful in Central Asia. It was built by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur for his wife Bibi-Khanym. It was built in a record time of only 5 years using 1000 slaves and 95 elephants. It later fell into ruins but during the past 25 it has been partly restored.

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