Merv, Turkmenistan

Posted by Trav (vilnius, Lithuania) on 14 August 2007 in Landscape & Rural.

Merv was an ancient silk road city that had about one million people before the Mongols destroyed it in 1221. This is the remains of a palace (school?) for young and rich ladies.

Canon PowerShot S410
1/320 second
F/7.1
8 mm