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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.
Samarkand · Zarafshon shoh ko`chasi
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The remains of the fifteenth-century observatory where Ulugh Beg and his scholars compiled a star catalogue, with a small museum beside it.
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