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Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Samarkand was a meeting point of Silk Road trade and cultures. The Registan's three madrasas were built between the 15th and 17th centuries.
The story, as a puzzle
A square at the crossroads.
Three madrasas with tiled domes and towering portals frame the central square of a Silk Road city that Timur made his capital in the 14th century. Pin the square.
Where it is
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