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| Registan ensemble at the heart of Samarkand, restored to its original splendour, ranks first in Central Asia and among the greatest of all the grandiose and magnificent works of the Islamic world. Its meaning, sandy place, after a stream that washed sand over the earth, does little justice to the architectural and decorative wealth on show. |
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