Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures, Registan Square (Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tilla-Kari Madrasah) in Samarkand.
Spectacular Registan Square, the social and commercial center of Samarkand for centuries. The square includes three madrasahs: Ulugbek Madrasah (15th century), Sher-Dor Madrasah (17th century) and Tilla-Kori Madrasah (17th century);
Registan became a major square of Samarkand in the 14th century. The madrassah of Ulugbeg was under construction from 1417-1420. The mosaic panel above the arch shows a symbolic sky with five and ten pointed stars. The madrassah had a platform for astronomical observations before Ulugbeg's observatory was built, and had fifty cells for one hundred students. Sher-Dor Madrassah was constructed from 1619-1636, in a style imitating Ulugbeg's Madrassah. Islamic inscriptions, geometrical and floral ornamentation decorate the interior. Construction of Tilla-Kari lasted almost twenty years. The richest gilding on the dome, walls and mihrab surpassed all other famous buildings in Central Asia. For this reason, the madrassah was named Tillya-Kari, which means "coated with gold".

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