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"It's twice as large as Moscow's Red Square. This grand meydaan (built by Shah Abbas in 1612) is hemmed by arcades, a caravanserai, palaces and, most importantly, a pair of mosques whose domes and walls, covered in millions of blue faience tiles, seem like enormous amethyst crystals. UNESCO has rightly designated the area as "a masterpiece of the human hand." The central quadrangle was originally a polo field which the Shah and his court could view from the adjacent Ali Qapu palace; the hefty stone bollards at one end are in fact polo goal posts." Excerpt from: http://www.travelintelligence.net/php/articles/art.php?id=1541
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North Africa/Middle East
