Although Tashkent is centuries old, it seems modern. This is because it was destroyed by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in 1966, and has been almost completely rebuilt. The heroic rebuilding is celebrated by the huge "Courage" monument, which was the first location to which our tour leader, Abdu, took us to begin our tour of Uzbekistan.
The black cube in the foreground shows a clock face with the time of the quake. The adjacent side symbolizes the rupture. Abdu stands at the foot of the statues, dramatizing the scale of the monument.
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