Uzbekistan’s mosques are truly something to behold ... Our two nights here are spent in a hotel in the Jewish quarter of the old city, which is built around a series of wells and caravaranserais ...
—Second Notice,” New York Times, February 8, 1874, p. 3 “The Water-Color Exhibition,” Daily Graphic (New York), February 21, 1874, p. 765 (for the present lot illustrated) United States Centennial ...
Uzbekistan declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and its skilled artisans are expertly restoring its neglected ...
The complex includes the 16th-century Barakhan Madrasah, which once housed the Department of Muslim Board of Uzbekistan. The building, with its medieval structure, resembles the historical madrasahs ...
A country in Central Asia boasts some of the most stunning historical architecture in the world, with Islam playing a significant role in its aesthetics.