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Architectural :

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

Solar-powered yurt in western China

New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white

Tajik temple

View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle

Mosque near Tashkurgan fort

Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan

Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan

Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan

Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul

Traditional animal-skin yurt

Princess Castle, a ruined fort at Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan, a Silk Road staging post. Its Uighur name Stone Fortress or Stone Tower

Tajik tombs and cemetary

Tashkurgan fort in western China

Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway

Brick home along the Karakoram highway

Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt

Adobe homes in western China

Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan

Ruins at Tashkurgan fort

Tashkurgan fort, an important silk road trading point

Tomb near Tashkurgan fort

Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background

Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Rocky hut

Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway

Yurts in western China

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