The most beautiful religious buildings Shahrisabz

The mosque was built by Ulugh Begh opposite the Shamsheddin Koulial Mausoleum in 1435. Before renovation, only the interior dome remained, 22 m high; today it is 36 m high. She gave her name to the mosque: Kok Goumbaz means "blue dome". The acoustics are perfect. The walls and the inner dome are entirely covered with fine polychrome geometric patterns. Notice the glazed bricks of the outside gate, you can clearly distinguish between old and new bricks.

This madrasa was transformed into a museum devoted to Timur's history. Educative, but not particularly interesting. Avoid unless you know nothing about the conqueror.

South of Shahrisabz, take the direction of Gouzar; in Kamachi, turn east towards the village of Langar where you must see the Juma Mosque (Friday Mosque), then climb to the mausoleum of the most famous Saint of the region, Mohamed Sadik who lived in the th century. With perseverance, you can go by bus, but it's much simpler by taxi. Ask for advice from Hotel Shahrisabz staff.

At the foot of the Zeravchan chains, the dakhma of Khodja Public Khan died in the late th century, facing a deserted khanaka. On the hill, twelve wells owe their origin to this saint who would have raised pure water by touching the land of his stick.

Built near the mausoleums in the 18th century, the mosque was named after an 8th-century saint whose body Tamerlan is said to have been brought back from Baghdad by Tamerlan. If the path leading to it is cluttered with tourist souvenirs, one can instead wander between the walls that mark the ancient foundations of the buildings that adjoined the mosque to make a large religious complex. It is in this small maze that the access to Tamerlan's crypt is located. Back in the central courtyard of the mosque, enjoy the shade of hundred-year-old trees with impressive trunks.

Visible in the main street of Shahrisabz, this mosque, high in 1914 next to the th century baths, was made to worship after independence. The baths were closed for renovation during our passage and no information was available on the fate reserved for them.