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| The Shir Dar (Lion Bearer) madrasa (religious school) in the Registan square in Samarqand, Uzbekistan, was built between 1619 and 1636. The pointed arch at the huge portal and the onion-shaped domes are characteristic of Islamic architecture in Central Asia. | ||||||
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