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Registan - Tilla Kari internal courtyard
A view of the internal courtyard of the Tilla Kari madrassa, built in the 17th century. Each one of the three madrassas in the Registan consisted of a large internal courtyard, surrounded by two floors of galleries which provided entrance to the individual rooms were students lived. The internal courtyard served both as a school and as a mosque. This floor plan is common to all major traditional madrassas in the historic cities of Uzbekistan.
Registan - Tilla Kari internal courtyard
A view of the internal courtyard of the Tilla Kari madrassa, built in the 17th century. Each one of the three madrassas in the Registan consisted of a large internal courtyard, surrounded by two floors of galleries which provided entrance to the individual rooms were students lived. The internal courtyard served both as a school and as a mosque. This floor plan is common to all major traditional madrassas in the historic cities of Uzbekistan.