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Registan: Exterior · A tree and performers occupy a richly decorated Registan courtyard
1/7 · Exterior · A tree and performers occupy a richly decorated Registan courtyardPhoto: AIDEPCUL · CC BY 4.0 · source
Registan: Exterior · A local woman sits beside a richly tiled wall in the Registan ensemble
2/7 · Exterior · A local woman sits beside a richly tiled wall in the Registan ensemblePhoto: AIDEPCUL · CC BY 4.0 · source
Registan: Exterior · Forsythia in Shirazi city park, Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
3/7 · Exterior · Forsythia in Shirazi city park, Registan, Samarkand, UzbekistanPhoto: Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Registan: Interior · People rest on a traditional raised platform inside a richly tiled historic courtyard at Registan
4/7 · Interior · People rest on a traditional raised platform inside a richly tiled historic courtyard at RegistanPhoto: AIDEPCUL · CC BY 4.0 · source
Registan: Interior · Vue de Samarcande, en Ouzbékistan
5/7 · Interior · Vue de Samarcande, en OuzbékistanPhoto: Jean Housen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Registan: Detail · Elements of the Sherdor madrasa; Registan
6/7 · Detail · Elements of the Sherdor madrasa; RegistanPhoto: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Registan: Model · Maquette of the Registan Square, which is located in the center of Samarkand city
7/7 · Model · Maquette of the Registan Square, which is located in the center of Samarkand cityPhoto: Mysportedit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · A tree and performers occupy a richly decorated Registan courtyardPhoto 2: Exterior · A local woman sits beside a richly tiled wall in the Registan ensemblePhoto 3: Exterior · Forsythia in Shirazi city park, Registan, Samarkand, UzbekistanPhoto 4: Interior · People rest on a traditional raised platform inside a richly tiled historic courtyard at RegistanPhoto 5: Interior · Vue de Samarcande, en OuzbékistanPhoto 6: Detail · Elements of the Sherdor madrasa; RegistanPhoto 7: Model · Maquette of the Registan Square, which is located in the center of Samarkand city

Public space · Historic precedent

Registan

Timurid and Shaybanid builders · Samarkand, UZ · 1660

Key featuresThree madrasas with tiled portals frame three sides of a public square in a symmetrical ensemble.

Architect
Timurid and Shaybanid builders
Place
Samarkand, UZ
Year
1660
Typology
Public space
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Middle East
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