Mosaics of Past Glory
In the legendary central Asian cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, Henri Fruchet finds a triumph of Islamic architecture
The late afternoon sun shimmers off the blue mosaic facades and filters through the seemingly endless tile trellises of the legendary city of Samarkand, legacy of the last of the great Central Asian conquerors, Tamerlane. Known in times past as the Jewel of Islam, Samarkand has for over 2,000 years [ read more ]
