MuseumsUnder 1 km away
Filatov House (Samarkand Wine Museum)
The late 19th-century house of the merchant Dmitry Filatov, who founded Samarkand's winery in 1868; it now holds a wine museum and tasting room.
Samarkand Regional Museum of Local Lore (Kalantarov House)
The regional history museum, housed since 1981 in the lavish mansion of the merchant Abram Kalantarov, built in 1902–1916.
Museums1902–1916
About the place
Abram Kalantarov, a first-guild merchant, built this mansion between 1902 and 1916 to a design by the architect E. O. Nelle, spending more than 130,000 gold roubles. Local masters such as Usto Kamol, Usto Sodiq and Usto Hofiz decorated the interiors.
The museum opened here in December 1981 and covers the history of the region from ancient times to the early 20th century. Several rooms keep their original decoration, above all the colourful guest hall, the mehmonkhona. Since 1982 it has been part of the Samarkand museum-reserve.
Why go
- Painted mehmonkhona guest hall
- A merchant's mansion of the early 1900s
- Regional history from ancient times
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Armenian Church of St Mary (Surb Astvatsatsin), Samarkand
A small Armenian church built in 1903 by Samarkand's Armenian community, closed in 1939 and brought back to religious life after independence.
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Alisher Navoi Central Park, Samarkand
Samarkand's central park, laid out in 1886 next to University Boulevard, with shady paths, rides, cafes and a 3,000-seat open-air amphitheatre.
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Former Majlis Building (Puppet Theatre), Samarkand
A historic civic building in Samarkand that once housed the Majlis and is now the city's puppet theatre.
