Monographs of Sguardi.info: Uzbekistan Узбекистан
UZBEKISTAN - The country of blue bricks
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Memories of a journey across Ubekistan
There is a land of dust and slender blades of grass. A far land of dreams. A distant land which belongs, however, to the imaginery world of Marco Polo tucked away in the drawer of imagination, resistant to time. There are places which live inside us which are not material but images of desires and the capacity for abstraction. There is a city which belongs to myth, Samakand. Read article>>
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SAMARKAND IN THE XIX CENTURY PART I
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САМАРКАНД
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THE CERAMICS OF AFRASIAB AT SAMARKAND AND TASHKENT
Uzbekistan ceramics have many
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A PROPOSAL FOR TRAVELLING IN UZBEKISTAN
Generally a visit to Uzbekistan requires at least a week. What
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The salt Lake Aral, divided between the two Republics of Ubekistan and Kazakistan
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Author: Sveva Battifoglia
Looking at the mosaics which adorn various madras, mosques, mausoleums and minarets of central Asia we must not never forget that Islam has forbade the artistic representation of living creatures. In consequence, various depictions were ornamented with general abstract forms, geometrical, floral and with calligraphic motifs and stellar symbols. The last, especially, will be connected with the astronomical and scientific Read article>>
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THE PROBLEM OF "HUMAN RIGHTS" IN UZBEKISTAN
A small power in Central Asia, Ubekistan is
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THE FESTIVAL OF NAVRUZ: CELEBRATION OF LIFE
When, March
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OTHER DECORATIONS IN UZBEKISTAN AND THE ART OF THE CARPETS - PHOTO GALLERY
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Pilav, a national culinary speciality of Uzbekistan, is a unique dish
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With them splendid colours, green, torquise, colbalt blue, these
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Ubeskistan, cross-roads between worlds
There is a city which more than any other represents our imaginary Myth and Dream: Samakand. It is a magical,unique city. The country it is in, is today is called Ubekistan, an independent republic born from the spoils of the Soviet Union.And there is a "road" which crosses this country from West to East and recalls the names of Genglis Khan, Marco Polo, (Tamberlaine): the Read article>>
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Tamberlaine (timur bin Taraghay Barlas, literally "the limper") is remembered as one of the
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The history
Around the Vth Century B.C., the present Republic of Ubekistan
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OTHER DECORATIONS IN UZBEKISTAN AND THE ART OF CARPETS
Medieval frescoes decorated the
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