While you can find countless varieties of these breads across Uzbekistan, the most legendary loaves are baked in the city of Samarkand. Here, bread is sacred and made with the utmost care.

The street map of Samarkand, the capital of Uzbekistan ... I am in a tony part of the town, which in Uzbekistan means streets ...

Observed at 23:00, Saturday 15 March BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Uzbekistan Standard Time (Asia/Samarkand, GMT+5) unless otherwise stated.

The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the town of Yasi, now Turkestan, was built at the time of Timur (Tamerlane), from 1389 to 1405. In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders ...