"Samarqand, Bukhara, Khiva - an ideal route for any tourist"
"Uzbekistan - the earth shrouded in legends of the Great Silk Road, the country-charm, a pearl full of sacrament and greatness. Madresse of Samarqand, sparkling minarets of Bukhara and the city-museum of Khiva - all is pride of Uzbekistan - masterpieces of one of the most beautiful countries of the Central Asia with great and rich history" - so article of the journalist Luki Santarelli, published on the pages of the Italian edition of "Chronicle of tourism" begins. "The way from the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent to Samarqand, then to Bukhara and Khiva is simply ideal route for any tourist, - the journalist writes.
- Samarqand is a crossroads of cultures, original New York of the fifteenth century. Legends of this majestic city have been described and immortalized in creations of many poets, writers and travelers. Samarqand as any other city of Asia, personifies the Great Silk Road and more than any other city of the world installs a painful attraction of ancient travel in hearts of the person. Glory of Samarqand inseparably linked with Amir Temur (1336-1405) who in 1369 has chosen it as the capital of the empire, and in the subsequent, with his son Mirzo Ulugbek - the educated governor and one of the greatest astronomers of all times ". The Italian journalist notices that "Ulugbek has created the school on scientific researches in the field of astronomy and mathematics, and also a huge sextant in the surprising observatory which can be visited in Samarqand. The area of Registan surrounded from three parties three madresse, - Ulugbek, Sher-Dor and Tillya Kari - is the most beautiful architectural complex. Symmetry of facades and grace of proportions, along with playful colors of the enameled tile, create surprising deification of paints ".
Speaking about the majestic Bukhara, L.Santarelli writes that everyone who comes to this sacred city is met by a majestic complex of Chor-Bakr which two buildings - the Friday mosque and Hanaka - give surprising possibility to take pleasure in an improbable heritage of ancestors. Marco Polo wrote about Bukhara: "... A great and noble city. The local market is famous for that in it, it is possible to get all - fine jewels, fabrics and spices, the surprising goods brought from far China and India". "Time powerlessly before the surprising and original world of Bukhara. Walking on it, it is possible to have a rest in cool and shady avenues, to bargain on markets. On the areas of matchless beauty madresse and the little shops constructed in traditional style. East melodies sound from each window; older persons play chess and dominoes. In Bukhara it is necessary to see a minaret of Kalon and madresse Mir Arab which throughout many centuries is one of leading schools of studying and interpretation of the sacred Koran", - the journalist underlines.
L.Santarelli with admiration speaks about Khiva, naming it "a city in a city":- The old city represents open-air museum. The typical Soviet architecture there has not got, it remained the present city of Asia. Heart of Khiva is Ichan-Qala where it is possible to wander hours on twisting small streets, admiring minarets, madresse, palaces and mosques. And on a decline, being on the top part of a minaret madresse Islom-Hodja, it is necessary, necessarily, to admire evening Khiva - impressions will suffice on all life.
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