Gateway of " National Garden" , Tehran
One of Tehran's original gates which was later used as the...
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Tiled portal of " National Garden"
This is another shot of one of Tehran's original gateways tiled at...
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Corridor of a Hotel in Yazd
A Qajar 19th cent hotel garden in Yazd with bioclimatic features.
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pretty parrots of the hotel, Yazd
Moshir-ol-mamaaleck is a pretty hotel garden only about 2 years old...
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Moshir-ol-Mamaaleck Hotel- Garden
Another view of this hotel with traditional stucco and mud brick...
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One of the parrots
The parrot couple have given another atmosphere to the so-called lobby of the...
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Great congregational Mosque, Yazd
A combination of stucco and glazed tile first used in the decoration of the...
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
An exemplary panel of tile work,14th cent, Yazd
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
decoration of one the small domed ceilings in a prayer gallery.
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
The end of brick and stucco decorations, Yazd, Jaame' Mosque , 14th cent.
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
Another panel of turquoise tiles typical of the Timurids in the 14th cent,Yazd
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Ceiling of a small domed chamber,Yazd
Geometric and Floral designs took over with the advent of Islam in the...
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Exemplary tile work, Jaame' mosque, Yazd
tile work flourished with the Timurids of the 14th cent.
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Jaame' Mosque, Yazd
The geometric designs are so diverse and numerous .
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Portal of the great Jaame' mosque, Yazd
Another view from the back of the portal of the great Jaame' (...
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The Lofty Portal
Great Congregational ( Jaame') Mosque of Yazd.
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14th cent. Jaame' Mosque, Yazd
Mongolian and Timurid monuments are characterized with marked verticality as...
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
The mosque enjoys the highest minarets all throughout Iran.
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Great Congregational Mosque, Yazd
14th cent tile decorations of the mosque in its developing stage.
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A fabric workshop, Yazd
Yazd is known as a historical center of fabric production.
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Domed chamber of Alexander's prison
A 12th cent theological school also used as a mosque.
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An early 19th cent Qajari restaurant!!!
Originally used as a bath!!now a traditional restaurant.
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Another view of Khaan Restaurant
They used to be lit with oil lamps haning from the ceiling
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19th cent house now water museum,Yazd
Highly stylized stucco decoration, monochrome,on the verandeh walls...
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A traditional wedding ceremony, Yazd
It was being held in the late 18th cent Garden of Dowlat AAbaad. This...
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Zoroastrian fire temple, Yazd
The fire burning inside the building has been flaming for over 15 hundreds of...
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A tower of silence
That's where the zoroiastrian dead bodies were exposed to vultures...
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The parrots of the Hotel,Yazd
Another view of the same parrots in the breeezing garden of the Hotel in Yazd.
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Parrots in the lobby!!!
Busy digging at the metal bowl!!!
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Traditional Gymnasium,Yazd
The pit inside where the collective exercises are performed to the...
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Mimi standing in front of an old cypress
THe cypress tree at Abarqu is believed to be 4500 years old.
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The ancient cypress at Abarquoo
The oldest cypress tree , 170 km from Yazd,grants wishes!!!
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Nancye, Mimi and Donna in the van!!!
Is the air-con on?Can you guess?
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Guardian angel , Pasargad
The first capital of Achaemenians , 140 kn north of shiraz,this relief is...
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Pasargad
The remaining of the fragmented original pillars of the private palace...
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Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargad,Fars
it has survived ravages of time for over 25 hundreds of years
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A graffiti on the stone wall
At the gate of all nations built by the order of Xerxes on the...
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eagle griffin
As an eagle griffin protome ( double-headed figure of an animal) , it was...
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Protome of an eagle griffin
Now the logo on the Iran airline's air tickets, Ofcourse without...
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Doubleheaded figure of eagle @Persepolis
once placed on top of the pillars, they helped the wooden Ceder beams from...
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Persepolitan Relief
Persian and Median soldiers are depicted under the throne of the...
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Achaemenian nobles greeting each other
an informal scene of the Achaemenian nobles greeting each other on the...
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Winged Genius
A manifestation of the Wise Lord of Zoroastrians ( state religion of Persia...
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A bull protome
Nancye, Donna, Mimi standing while exposed to the dazzling sunlight!!
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A Persepolitan bas relief
Representatives of the subject nations bringing tribute to the court of the...
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An inscription in cuneiform
On the eastern walls of the palace of Darious,there is this inscription in...
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Protome of a Lion
At Apadana palace, Persepolis.
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Chiselled faces
The faces of these reliefs were chiselled by the invading Arab army in...
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Donna at Persepolis
Looking exhausted!!!!
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Nancye at Persepolis
Looking sunburnt!!!!!
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Mimi at the open air restaurant
Near Persepolis.Her charming smile almost never faded.
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Haashem , our driver
smoking hubble-bubble at the tea house by the restaurant near Persepolis.Too...
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Victory over the Roman emperor
Shapour the first, the 2nd Sassanian King, on horseback in a gesture...
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Necroplis of the Achaemenians
The rock-cut cross-like tomb chamber of Xerxes at Naqsh Rostam, near Persepolis.
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Investiture scene of Ardeshir
The founder of Sassanian dynasty( 224Ad-635AD), Ardeshir(left) the first is...
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Ali-ibn-e-Hamzeh shrine
Inside the glorified tomb of a decendent of the 7th Imam of the...
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The mirror work of the shrine
The whole interor of the shrine is adorned with mirrowork.
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Pink Mosque, Shiraz
Collonade inside a prayer gallery of the 19th cent.mosque in Shiraz.
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Pink Mosque, Shiraz
In the prayer gallery , each small domed ceiling is marked with a diffrent...
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Pink Mosque,Shiraz
Also called Nassir-ol-Molk.Over 120 years old.
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Nassir-ol-Molk Mosque
late 19th cent,Shiraz.
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The Pink mosque
The geometric designs are so typical in the decoration of the mosques.
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Pink Mosque,late 19th cent tiles,Shiraz
The tiles are marked with the excessive use of the pink and with such...
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Orangery of Ghavvam-ol-molk
A 19th cent office of the governor of Shiraz ,named Ghavvam-ol-Molk .The...
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Garden Tomb of Hafez,Shiraz
One of the greatest poets of Iran, the 14th cent shamsoddin Mohammad , titled...
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Top interior of Hafez's tomb
It's mosaic style of tiling.
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Mimi,Jerry,Donna,and Nancye
Jerry joined us in Isfahan.They are standing on the longest bridge of Isfahan...
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Hashem our driver
treating the group with the cookis from Yazd
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This pic was taken by Hashem
I had a great time with the group throughout the whole trip.I very...
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Shaky bridge in Isfahan
The non-stable bridge and crazy motorcyclist on it!!!
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A traditional tea house in Isfahan
Called Azadegan tea house
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Every possible junk you can find here!!
The same tea house in Isfahan
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