Architectural

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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