When you lift your head up, another world begins on the ceiling!
Ceilings in the historical buildings of Uzbekistan are perhaps one of the most impressive details of architecture. Geometric patterns, embroidery and flower motifs and gold details create a different composition in each ceiling in the structures spanning from Semerkant to Hive, from Buhara to Tashkent.
Some meet you on the dome of a madrasa, some on the ceiling of a palace. Star shapes, repetitive geometric patterns, and intense use of color carry traces of a tradition of decoration that has flourished in the region's architecture for centuries.
1 Tilla-Kari Medresesi - Semerkant
2 Shah is Alive - Samerkant
3 Bolo Hauz Camii - Buhara
4 Stone Courtyard Palace (Stone-Hovli) - Hive
5 Center of Islamic Culture - Tashkent
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