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Day 10: Jameh Mosque of Isfahān
This is Seljuk brickwork probably from around the 11th century (I think - correct me if I'm wrong). I...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Tilework around the entrance to the bazaar
Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
archnet.org/library/sites/one-si te.jsp?site_id=216 The eight paradises are the eight chambers - four...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
View from inside out toward the front. archnet.org/library/site s/one-site.jsp?site_id=216 The eight...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
Looking up at the entrance porch (?) archnet.org/library/sites/one- site.jsp?site_id=216 The...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
archnet.org/library/sites/one-si te.jsp?site_id=216 The eight paradises are the eight chambers - four...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
Relaxing in front of the Hasht Behesht Palace. People seem to find it peaceful to go to cultural...
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Day 10: Isfahān - Hasht Behesht (Palace of Eight Paradises)
Front garden of the palace. archnet.org/library/sites/one- site.jsp?site_id=216 The eight paradises...
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Day 10: children's gifts
The children from the previous stop gave me flowers :)
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Day 10: Isfahān - Atashgah (Zoroastrian Fire Temple)
Alas, my back was giving me concern and I did not climb the hill to the Elamite (pre-6th century) fire...
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Day 10: Isfahān - tea house at the Mosque of the Shaking Minarets
Day 10: Isfahān - tea house at the Mosque of the Shaking Minarets
Day 10: Isfahān - tea house at the Mosque of the Shaking Minarets
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