EU: Länder tower in Samarkand
1960 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
This 1960 photograph shows a tower in Samarkand, among the many minarets and monuments that mark the historic Silk Road city's skyline and draw on centuries of Islamic architectural tradition.
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