Samarkand, Guri Amir Mausoleum
2008 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Gur-e-Amir mausoleum complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in 2008. Commissioned by Timur for a grandson, it later became his own resting place as well.
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