The Registan is the historic heart of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, a public square framed by three monumental madrasas, or Islamic schools, decorated with blue tiles and mosaics. The earliest, the Ulugh Beg Madrasa, was built in the early fifteenth century for the Timurid ruler and astronomer Ulugh Beg, grandson of Timur, and it was one of the main centres for the study of science and mathematics in the Islamic world. The other two, Sher-Dor and Tilya-Kori, were added in the seventeenth century under the Shaybanid rulers of the city. The ensemble is a masterpiece of Central Asian Islamic architecture. It forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Samarkand, and it was restored in the Soviet era and after.
Before and after
- from July 1414 to October 1414Hunger War
- from 5 November 1414 to 22 April 1418Council of Constance
- from 1415 to 1453Lancastrian War
- from 21 August 1415 to 20 December 1999Portuguese Empire
- from 1417 to 1420Construction of Registan
- 1417Construction of Tiananmen Square
- from 30 July 1419 to 30 May 1434Hussite Wars
- 1420Construction of Kremlin
- from c. 1420s to 1440sFounding of Ulugh Beg Observatory
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