Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Jun 13, 2024

Gather "round, explorers, as we tiptoe into the Registan Square in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Meaning "sandy place" or "desert" in Persian, Registan was the centre of activity during the Timurid Empire. The square embodied the essence of the Timurid Renaissance, a period of cultural and intellectual revival, which spread throughout the Muslim world between the 14th and early 16th century CE.

© da-kuk/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jun 13, 2025Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 3, 2025Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, University of Oxford, England
Jun 24, 2024Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
Apr 28, 2024El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
Nov 25, 2025Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
Dec 20, 2025Red fox
Jul 28, 2024Skåne County, Sweden
Jun 4, 2025Moritzburg Castle, Saxony, Germany
May 19, 2025Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Jan 12, 2026Eurasian otters
Dec 9, 2023Guanacos, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
Jan 15, 2025Pointe du Diable, Saint-Pierre, Réunion Island
Jun 5, 2024Masoala National Park in Madagascar
Nov 4, 2024Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Sep 21, 2025Sea otters, Alaska
Sep 16, 2025Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
Jan 9, 2024Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Dec 23, 2025Lagazzuolo Lake, Valmalenco, Lombardy, Italy
Feb 14, 2026Bleeding hearts
Dec 11, 2024Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Jun 16, 2024Red fox father and kit, Washington, USA
Jan 26, 2025European beech forest, Belgium
Aug 29, 2023American bison
Dec 7, 2024Arraial do Cabo, Brazil
Feb 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Mar 2, 2024Modica, Sicily, Italy
Dec 8, 2023La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France
Dec 16, 2025Medieval Aqueduct, Perugia, Italy
Oct 8, 2025Octopus cyanea
Mar 22, 2024Blue Spring, Te Waihou Walkway, New Zealand