Ulugh Beg Observatory
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November 2, 2024
One of the largest medieval astronomical observatories, near Samarkand. It will take literally half an hour to go around everything and discuss everything you see.
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May 25, 2024
There is absolutely nothing to see, but all tourists are dragged there to see two rooms in the museum, where there is also nothing to see and the basement is the remainder of the observatory. 40,000 entry amounts for nothing in fact. They tried to ask what to see here at all, once again they offered to take a personal guide who costs more than the entrance. In general, some kind of divorce and disappointment. I do not advise you to waste time and money, it is better to go to eat
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September 13, 2024
At first glance, it's just a piece of sextant. However, in fact, this is a place where fateful discoveries took place, this is a place where people went beyond the boundaries of the possible and made discoveries that gave impetus to scientific progress of our time.
It is a pity that we cannot enter the famous Ulugbek library or see this 3-storey building, which was designed and built by scientists to explore the boundless cosmos.
The energy of this place is so powerful that you begin to feel like a part of something immense.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to V.L.Vyatkin for his love for Samarkand and its ancient history. After all, it was thanks to him that the ruins of the Mirzo-Ulugbek observatory were found!!!
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May 1, 2024
Very impressive. The museum is small, but probably the most informative and interesting of all visited in Uzbekistan. I recommend it as much as possible.
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May 5, 2024
Honestly, after all the other attractions, this is a very modest place, and the entrance fee is the same. It is very difficult to call a museum a museum… And the preserved underground part of the observatory can also be viewed in the photo, because they are not allowed to go down there.
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January 23, 2024
Ulugbek Observatory is one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, built by Ulugbek in the XIV century. In this unique observatory, he studied celestial bodies with particularly high accuracy. This is the beloved grandson of Amir Temur, the great astronomer and ruler Muhammad Taragai Mirzo Ulugbek, who made a huge contribution to the development of science and culture.
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December 10, 2024
I put two on just because of the tickets. The cost of tickets for tourists is four times more expensive than for locals! I wonder why there is such a dislike for tourists?
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December 5, 2024
The result of Ulugbek's scientific work are the so-called "New astronomical tables" containing coordinates of over 1000 stars. The tables were published in Oxford, India and China. Ulugbek also significantly clarified the values of the length of the year, the inclination of the ecliptic to the equator and precession. All this became possible thanks to the unique observatory that he erected in Samarkand. The main stationary instrument was a giant quadrant. Its lower part (up to 11 m) is still preserved in the rock. Unfortunately, the upper part of its meridian arc measuring about 40 has not been preserved, as well as the azimuthal circle. And all this was in the 15th century - impressive, of course. The proposed model of the observatory can be seen in the museum. The tour is again for an amateur.
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January 19, 2024
A pleasant, gentrified area. A small museum complex and part of the preserved observatory. It is better to look at information about this place in advance or watch a movie, and then come and get acquainted with this historical place.
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May 17, 2024
A space place in Samarkand. Incredibly, when the bonfires of the Inquisition burned in Europe, such scientific observatories were built here. It is better to take a tour, because it will be difficult to figure out the structure of this structure yourself.
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May 1, 2024
An interesting monument of the short period of scientific prosperity of the Ulugbek era. It is a pity that so far there is no talk of a complete restoration of the observatory. The dimensions of the underground part and the layout in the museum are admired for the architectural abilities of the ancient builders. The museum of ancient Samarkand and the cemetery with the magnificent mausoleums of the Timurid dynasty are within walking distance from here.
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September 9, 2023
The Ulugbek Observatory is one of the best ancient sights of our ancient city. I am happy to show this ancient place to my beloved guests. My guests are always satisfied with the tour.
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September 26, 2024
Just a view of the city from a hill. You can view the remains of the observatory mechanism from the fenced area.
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November 9, 2024
the guard lets the locals through without tickets. He follows foreigners with his tail :) There is nothing inside the complex. Only the gates of the old observatory have been preserved
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September 13, 2024
I was not impressed. It would be more interesting to be accompanied by a guide . The entrance fee is the same as in Registan
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March 25, 2024
A historical place. Entrance is paid. And the toilet on the territory is paid separately (they earn money on everything).
Here you will visit the museum and excavations.
I think this place doesn't make sense without a guide.
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January 7
It is not clear why they are asking to pay 50,000 soums ( as for bibi khanum ) for the entrance ticket . There is practically nothing on the territory . Everything is viewed in 2 minutes and without a ticket
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May 14, 2024
The place is not worth the attention. 40,000 soums entry is a crazy overprice for a foreign tourist who is not worth it. 2 uninteresting sheds of a new model in a vacant lot. In one of them, an exhibition about the stars is more modern about NASA than something ancient and related to Uzbekistan. I do not recommend it. In another tunnel, closed with a ribbon, where you can't go down, take a look and that's it. There is no place to hide in the heat.
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June 8, 2024
Be sure to take a tour, it will not be so interesting without a tour, the guide will tell you the details of many exhibits
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July 1, 2024
A nice lively place in Samarkand. There is a good historical monument. A wonderful observatory. Nearby they sell the most delicious tortillas in Samarkand. There is a convenient parking
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September 11, 2024
We paid the money. They did not give a guide. As a result, we looked at everything ourselves in 10 minutes. The place is beautiful like everything else in Uzbekistan.
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March 20, 2023
For general development, it is worth a visit. The input is about 20k sum. We took an excursion there for 50k. A very nice girl with good Russian. I conducted a tour of the museum, showed the remains of an ancient observatory (what was built underground). The rest was destroyed, and this underground one was simply filled in, so it was preserved.
It is not clear the behavior of the guards who did not let them go down the main alley-stairs. But we piled our taxi driver up to the mausoleum of St. Daniel, to which we were moving, 800 meters away.
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June 8, 2024
I have been to Samarkand many times. I've never really liked this city. The city itself is good and so are the people, but almost all the "historical monuments" are new. The observatory itself is not interesting. But next to her they cook a very tasty nukhot shurak, it has 5 stars. We come here just for him.
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June 24, 2024
The first thing that pleases is the appearance of the museum. It takes no more than 15 minutes to get to the museum and the observatory. Prices for tourists: 40 thousand soums for an adult and 30 for a child. The great value is the story.
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November 29, 2023
If you are interested in history, then this is a great place. Be sure to buy a guided tour on the spot. It will be conducted by the locals. A very interesting place. At the same time, this is only the smallest part of the complex that was once here. Entrance is paid.
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June 30, 2024
They only sell tickets at the entrance perfectly, and that's where the interest in visitors ends. The exhibition features a large monument, a building on a hill and the observatory itself.. The monument (Ulukbek) is sitting, despite the fact that it is a monument. The building on the hill is like a museum, where things from different periods are collected, but they do not look like museum exhibits, everything is new.
I also found a sundial on a polished plate, it is not visible at all where the arrow is located, I doubt that in ancient times someone polished the dial disk.
In short, the place is invented or clumsily recreated, it does not smell of history.
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September 4, 2024
My husband liked it. It is incredible that at that time people already knew about the structure of the universe, the movement of stars and planets.
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February 4, 2024
An educational place. But I agree with the reviews about the guides. Look at the rating, even when you buy a tour, you can find out in advance who will tell you the story from the trip organizer. You can order a guide from the hotel. In the Observatory itself, the best age guide (knows more, reads more).
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July 28, 2023
We went there with a great desire to touch history, look at artifacts, and feel the spirit of that time. In front of the Observatory, a bronze monument of Ulugbek was erected against the background of a wall with space drawn (beautifully) the toe of the shoe shines strongly from scuffing (this is already a tradition in many countries and cities to make a wish or ask for something cherished and rub some part of the monument). Next to the monument there is a square with benches and urns, green lawns and trees giving shade. People who didn't get there by taxi can take a breath and thank you for that.
As such, there is no observatory, you pay for the entrance and you can enter a small museum consisting of an entrance and one small hall, there are few exhibits and those related to Ulugbek's works can generally be counted on the fingers of one hand. There is a small sundial next to the building. And that's all you can see there. And there is a paid toilet, but it was closed and it was not possible to find the keeper of the keys to the facilities.
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April 17, 2024
Many descriptions of the place include a pictorial reconstruction of the building. In fact, only the foundation and part of the base of the sextant remained. Therefore, a guide is needed on the spot to draw in imagination what was in this place, then it becomes clear the greatness of the idea and Ulugbek
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October 4, 2023
I liked. Competent guides. There is a beautiful park and monument around. Tourists come in families. From the observatory itself, there is a beautiful view of a part of Samarkand. It should be visited there.
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May 20, 2024
The remains of the path of the Ulugbek observatory, along which a device was moved to measure the distance to the celestial bodies. And these measurements were made about 500 years ago. And the most interesting thing is that the results obtained have minimal errors when compared with current measurements.
Nearby is a museum with models of the observatory and the sights of astronomy of Uzbekistan
I recommend it for a visit.
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May 1, 2024
If you consider yourself an educated person, you must visit an observatory that is several centuries ahead of European science. The wonderful museum will tell you in an easy and relaxed manner about the structure and devices used by scientists of that time, there is an augmented reality application. Definitely a master
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June 7, 2023
Before visiting, it is advisable to read a little about the place itself, so that there is no great disappointment from what you see.
A small museum with more photographs than the exhibits themselves, as there is little left of Ulugbek's activities.
You can take a guide right on the spot (well, if you're lucky, everyone gives information in different ways). I came across a woman who is in love with her story and treats Ulugbek himself with great respect (by the way, the locals are ready to talk a lot about him, Tamerlane, and the saints).
The scientist and astronomer Ulugbek left, of course, a great mark on history and science. His books have been republished in various languages, and astronomical objects are named after him. The fact that he made so many observations and accurate calculations in his observatory is admirable!!!
Unfortunately, only a small underground part remains of the observatory itself, but this makes a very strong impression!!!
Also on the territory is the grave of Vasily Vyatkin, who found and revealed the remains of the observatory to the world.
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May 2, 2024
A historically interesting place, if you immerse yourself in the times and imagine how the pundits watched the sun, but you should not count on beautiful photos
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September 21, 2024
A must-visit.
We traveled by public transport ourselves (according to 2Gis))
The tour can be taken on site. We came across a very interesting guide - we listened for more than an hour with our mouths agape.
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January 2, 2024
An important place from the point of view of the development of science, but it is expensive to visit what is there. If not with an excursion, then you can get there and then walk past Afrosiab to the market and Registan. It's not super hard even for the untrained
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November 7, 2024
A historical and beautiful place in Samarkand
It is worth visiting and seeing with your own eyes
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November 2, 2024
I recommend not going to the museum. There's nothing to do there. The observatory is free to view.
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March 4, 2024
A historical place. Only a part of the observatory remains from the real story. The museum is a novelty, it's not worth the money. It is better to see the monument to Ulugbek and the remains of the observatory
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November 15, 2024
An interesting place, the view is gorgeous, but there are few exhibits.
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April 22, 2024
For 30k sums, it is not worth visiting at all. For the locals, 10k is still somehow decent. The cashier clamped down and did not bargain, so he did not receive anything)
The location is so clean at once, for those who are interested, you can just look at the photo and read a couple of articles on the Internet. There's not much to see
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April 17, 2024
We visited the observatory as part of a sightseeing tour of Samarkand. It is amazing that Tamerlane's grandson in 1424-28 built a cyclopean structure worthy of being the eighth wonder of the world, with which he calculated the length of the year with an error of 1 minute and 20 seconds relative to modern data and compiled an atlas of the starry sky, which was used by Western European astronomers. The architectural and historical monuments of Uzbekistan are definitely worth looking at with your own eyes.
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July 21, 2024
A very interesting tour. Be sure to order!
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June 12, 2024
Everything is beautifully done, but there is almost nothing to see. The whole inspection took 15 minutes. Another woman tried to take money for the toilet. We didn't let her and she went to the others to paint the fence)
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September 22, 2024
The place is beautiful! There are guides on site. Large parking lot.
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March 10, 2024
The most unfortunate place to visit. A very small museum with an incomprehensible exposition: I made it out of what was there. Yes, an interesting ancient device and a piece of an ancient staircase going underground. But it's not worth the money at all.
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March 12, 2024
The attraction could become a tourist attraction for a small town. But it is difficult to withstand competition in Samarkand) It is strange that this place was chosen for the one hundred thousandth bill. In general, I would like a larger museum. Spoiled Samarkand
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September 26, 2023
A cool place, we were lucky that there was a very professional guide. He spoke in great detail about Ulugbek, how educated he was and did a lot for his country
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December 5, 2023
An interesting place, an ancient astronomical device- a sextant- has been preserved here, with the help of which the height of the heavenly bodies was determined. Scientists of this observatory have also created a map of the starry sky.
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