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Ulugh Beg Observatory
The remains of the fifteenth-century observatory where Ulugh Beg and his scholars compiled a star catalogue, with a small museum beside it.
Ulugh Beg Monument, Samarkand
A 2010 statue of the astronomer-ruler Ulugh Beg in front of the memorial museum at his observatory, set against a panel of the starry sky.
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About the place
The monument to Mirzo Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler, astronomer and mathematician, stands in front of the memorial museum within the observatory complex. Sculptor Jalaliddin Mirtojiyev made it, and artist Rustam Solijonov painted the Starry Sky panel behind the figure; it was unveiled on 13 September 2010, when the rebuilt museum opened.
It replaced an earlier monument of 1970, a six-metre figure of the astronomer lost in thought, on a granite base with a gabbro disc carved with the signs of the zodiac. You pass the statue on the way into the observatory site.
Why go
- Statue of the astronomer-ruler Ulugh Beg
- Starry Sky panel behind the figure
- At the entrance to the observatory museum
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