Véronique Tapponnier

Written articles:

The Gur-e Amir, Tamerlane’s mausoleum in Samarkand, at night.

Divine splendour

Timur’s mausoleum in Samarkand, the Gur-e Amir, is an architectural marvel dating from 1403 which is said to have inspired the Taj Mahal (1631) in Agra… [...]

Nooruz, celebrated in the streets of Dushanbe

Nooruz (literally “New Day”) is officially celebrated on March 21 in all the countries of the former Persian Empire and particularly in Central Asia. In… [...]