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Pictures of Iran: Tehran, Persepolis, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kashan, Kandovan, Kurdistan
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Esfahan-Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Blue-colored tiles and mosaics with floral motifs and calligraphy are very typichal in Islamic architecture.
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Esfahan-Jameh Mosque-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Jameh Mosque is a veritable museum of styles of Islamic architecture: Seljuks, Mongols, Safavids.
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Esfahan-Jameh Mosque-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Stucco mihrab from Mongol era.The "mihrab" is a niche in the wall of a Mosque that indicates the qibla: the direction of Kaaba that Muslims should face when praying.It houses the Quran.
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Esfahan-Jameh Mosque-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Vaults of the oldest part of Jameh Mosque.
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Esfahan-Imam Square-Shiraz
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: There is a rhyme:"Esfahan nesf-e jahan"("Esfahan is the half of the world").This impressing square-the second largest on the world-has the jewels of the Safavid Empire:Imam Mosque,Lotfollah Mosque and Ali Qapu Palace.
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Kandovan-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Kandovan is known as the "mini-Cappadocia" with its "fairy chimneys":troglodyte rooms hollowed out of the eroded rock.
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Kashan-Ameriha House-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: One of several large spectacular old houses in Kashan built in the mid 19th century during the Qajar era.It has two exquisitely embellished hammam(bathhouses).
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Kashan-Abbasian House-Iran
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Abbasian House is a large traditional house built during the late 1700s, and a beautiful example of Kashani residential architecture.
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