This led them to a place that local people called Ak Metchet (the white mosque), a compound in southeast Uzbekistan where the community lived until the Soviet period. The second is the story of a ...

Just a decade ago, Uzbekistan had a reputation for tricky travel, plagued by complex visa rules and corruption. But since the ...

A new book explores the legacy of an often-overlooked architectural style born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Recen Samarkand, an ancient city in Uzbekistan with a history spanning thousands of years, is ...

Uzbekistan opened itself to the world through ... Notable are the country’s many vibrant domed mosques, including the famed Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand, which was once the largest in the ...

My eyes are filled with cobalt blue – shimmering tiles reflect the sun’s light and the coolness is a soul-quenching hue. In Uzbekistan, the facades of the spiritual monuments are decorated ...

Uzbekistan is brimming with spellbinding architecture and magnificent blue-tiled mosques (Picture: Rich Booth) If I had any illusions about Uzbekistan’s modernity, they were quickly dispelled on ...