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Shah-i-Zinda is a holy complex in Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Peta Stamper 30 Apr 2021 Image Credit: Shutterstock About Shah-i-Zinda Shah-i-Zinda in the UNESCO-listed city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan is an incredible complex of mausoleums, mosques and madrassahs.
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Shah-i-Zinde. One of the most interesting and important historical sites in Samarkand is the Shah-i Zinde, a mausoleum complex located just northeast of the city on slopes which command a panorama of the Zarafshan valley and snow-capped peaks to the south. While the site attracts tourists and artists, it is significant first and foremost.
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The Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum is the foremost attraction of Samarkand. It includes majestic and amazing buildings of the 14th and the 15th centuries, foundations and gravestones dating back to the 11th and the 12th centuries, and its history goes back to even more distant times, to the 7th century. The Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum became a secular.
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Shah-i-Zinda 958 reviews #2 of 59 things to do in Samarkand Historic SitesMonuments & Statues Write a review About This street has tombs belonging to Timur and his family and favorites that are decorated with the city's finest majolica tilework. Suggest edits to improve what we show. Improve this listing Tours & experiences
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Shah-i-Zinda is a medieval cemetery in Samarkand and a place of pilgrimage, a collection of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The set consists of eleven mausoleums, successively joined to each other during the 14th-15th centuries.
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Shah-i-Zinda ( Uzbek: Shohizinda; Persian: شاه زنده, meaning "The Living King") is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan . History The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th - 15th and 19th centuries.
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Shah-i-Zinda (I) Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 1340. Architect: Unknown. This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series "Tentative d'Épuisement", where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without rhetoric and based mainly on the physical experience of the work itself. Este artículo forma parte de la serie "Tentativa.
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Shah -I -Zinda is a funerary complex in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It is the burial place of royal persons and nobles which include mausoleums and other ritual buildings of the 9-14 th century and 19 th century.
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Shakhi Zinda is the complex of mausoleums of 14-15th centuries, situated on the southern slopes of the Afrasiab hills. One of the sights of Samarkand, listed in UNESCO World Heritage List.
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According to local legends, he was attacked by pagans while praying with his followers and escaped death through an Islamic saint's help - either disappearing in a crevice in front of them, miraculously opened at the time of the attack, or, beheaded, hiding in a well alive, with his head in the hands, where he still lives in underground paradise.
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Shah-i-Zinda is one Samarkand's most beloved sites, which contains some of the richest tile work in the world. The magnificent architecture draws inspiration from multiple periods & styles, taking you back through time & across cultures. Image credit Isabelle Patrick
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Shah i Zinda (or Shakh i Zinda) is one of Samarkand 's most moving and visited sites with its stunning avenue of mausoleums that contain some of the richest tile work in the Muslim world.
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The Shah-i Zindah (lit. "the Living King") is a funerary complex, located on the south side of the Afrasiyab hill in the city of Samarqand. The focal point of the complex is the shrine of Qusam b. Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, who was reportedly beheaded on a site near Samarqand's wall during the seventh.
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Shah-i-Zinda ( Uzbek: Shohizinda; Persian: شاه زنده, meaning "The Living King") is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. History The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th - 15th and 19th centuries.
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315 Want to Visit? 513 Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis. Lucas Vallecillos/Alamy Shah-I-Zinda is one of the oldest and longest-running examples of a continually constructed historic site in the world..
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Shah-i-Zinda 5 904 #2 of 55 things to do in Samarkand Historic Sites • Monuments & Statues Call Write a review About This street has tombs belonging to Timur and his family and favorites that are decorated with the city's finest majolica tilework. Suggest edits to improve what we show. Improve this listing Tours & experiences