HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF UZBEKISTAN
On the plains of Central Asia there are many cities with hundreds of architectural
monuments from various epochs. Among the most famous are Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva,
Shakhrisabz, Termez and Kokand. These cities were centers of science and art. Great
architects created palaces, mosques and mausoleums, world famous monuments of ancient
architecture, to memorialize Alexander the Great and Gengiz Khan. Many of these
masterpieces did not survive, but by visiting those which have been preserved, it is possible
to glimpse pages of history.