Monument of Tamerlane in Shahrisabz. Ruins of the Ak-Saray Palace entrance portal. The Ak-Saray Palace is a historic site in Shahrisabz old town, Uzbe

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Monument of Tamerlane in Shahrisabz. Ruins of the Ak-Saray Palace entrance portal. The Ak-Saray Palace is a historic site in Shahrisabz old town, Uzbekistan. There’s very little left of the palace except bits of the gigantic, 38m-high pishtak (entrance portal), covered with unrestored filigree-like mosaics. Shakhrisabz is the birth town of Timur the Great. The Shakhrisabz town is a 2700 years old and played an important part in Uzbek history.

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