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St John the Baptist Church, Samarkand
Samarkand's only Catholic church, a neo-Gothic building of 1915–1916 raised with the help of prisoners of war and returned to its parish in 1998.
Samarkand
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Samarkand's only Catholic church, a neo-Gothic building of 1915–1916 raised with the help of prisoners of war and returned to its parish in 1998.
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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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A garrison cathedral of 1909–1911 in Samarkand's European quarter, built to a standard design for Turkestan, closed in the 1920s and reconsecrated in 1996.
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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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