500px provided description: Shakhrisabz (Shahrisabz) is Timur the Lame or Amir Timur?s hometown, and once upon a time it probably put Samarkand itself in the shade. Today, it is a small, traditional Uzbek town south of Samarkand, across the hills in the Kashkadarya province.

The city has a lot of architectural sights; historical center of the city is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A couple of locals rest in the shades of the ruins of the portal of Ak-Saray Palace. [#outdoor ,#outside ,#culture ,#500px ,#old town ,#silk route ,#Canon ,#60D ,#Uzbekistan ,#Asia ,#UNESCO ,#National Geographic ,#Silk Road ,#Timur ,#UNESCO Heritage site ,#Lonely Planet ,#ruins. ,#Angshuman ,#Natgeo_Traveller ,#Shakhrisabz ,#Timur Lame ,#Amer Timur ,#Ak-Saray Palace]