Uzbekistan's Stunning Historical Architecture

     I've mentioned before that Uzbekistan was not the easiest country to get into as an American. It also had a weird and kinda scary government. On a tourist visa, I was supposed to stay in hotels and deny hospitality of locals while collecting stamped registration slips from each hotel as proof. 

  They were considered essential to have ready on the way out in case immigration asks.  

It was also required to declare before entering literally every cent of all types of currency or else risk getting charged extortionately as penalty.  

Nevertheless, despite the expensive visa, strange rules and harassment from police, the scenic atmosphere which often made me feel like I was in Aladdin's world made Uzbekistan worth it.

 One of the first places I went to was this market in Tashkent which had cool looking dome designs: 

Uzbekistan has tons of these historical rectangular buildings. They are similar yet unique.

Zoomed Out version of above 

Technically this isn't architecture but the design of this cultural bread fits in well  

The Baker fits in too :)

This wooden structure kind of reminds me of the bread

Uzbekistan's most famous attraction is called Registan, which means "sandy place" in Persian. Registan was the center of the ancient city of Samarkent during the Timurid Empire. 

A piece of tile :-o  keep in mind this place inevitably requires renovation sometimes

Do you recognize this picture? ;)

That was all in the Registan complex o.O 

but there's much more to see which still has a similar style: 

Not sure how old this Earthy face is but It counts as architecture right? 

Look closely, there's more!

 No hidden faces here. Just a nice view of the town from a hill

Why is this object randomly in the middle of the pathway?

There is more architecture in Uzbekistan than just rectangle style:

There I am

There I am again

In case you wanted to see what it looked like without me

This is the building in the first pic of this post

Lets get a closer look..

Can you feel the Aladdin atmosphere?

Different perspectives of the same giant cylinder:

Do you like my sandcastle?

My View

Thanks for reading.. Goodnight