GURI EMIR MAUSOLEUM - UZBEKISTAN
The Guri Emir (or Gur-e Amir) mausoleum in Samarkand ( Uzbekistan)
commemorates the Mongol emperor Timur the Lame, or Tamerlane (1336-1405), who conquer most of Central Asia.
He died when marching eastward to invade China.
After death of his grandson , Timur the Great ordered to build the mausoleum Guri-Emir (Tomb of Emir.)
Later on the mausoleum became the burring
vault for the whole-dynasty of Timurids.The majesty of architectural forms and lines,
the colorful of mosaic makes this mausoleum a unique monument of Central Asian architecture.
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