EU: wall decoration in Samarkand, 1960 (1960)
1960 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Detail of wall decoration on a building in Samarkand, photographed in 1960. Samarkand's historic quarter is known for its tiled facades, a craft tradition dating back to the city's flourishing as a center of the Timurid Empire in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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