PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1924–1925

Samarkand — Tilla Kari Madrasa

The western courtyard iwan with the drum of the dome before reconstruction An approximate settlement centre is shown for Samarkand; the marker is not the camera position. Photograph: Ernst Cohn-Wiener. Source: British Museum.

Subject: Architecture and City Views
Region: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Image type: Photograph
Date: 1924–1925
Record number: 1036080
Coordinates: 39.654560, 66.964450
Record type: Photograph
Location evidence: An approximate settlement centre is shown for Samarkand; the marker is not the camera position.
Date note: The source photograph record gives the date range 1924–1925; this is not the construction date.
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GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

Approximate location

The marker shows the centre of the city or area associated with the photograph.

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