Han Özbek Cami.Solhat. Photo

Photographer’s Note

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the city of Solhat was a large, prosperous city referred to by the Arabic contemporaries as the second Baghdad. From that period remain the ruins of a mosque and madrassa, built in 1314 by Uzbeg Khan. After moving the capital of the Crimean Khanate to Bakhchisaray the city declined into relative obscurity.

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s_lush (2454) 2009-10-11 5:09

Hello Said,
Thanks for presenting an interesting historic place, which I did not know before about! Unfortunately two months ago I miss these nice ruins, but fortunately I was to another remarkable sight near Solhat (Stariy Krim), Armenian Surb-Khach monastery, which I saw in your second TE picture. What about this one, it is taken with good composition and photographic quality. Good start on TE!
Best regards,
Sergiy