• The importance of tilework in Persian architecture arises from two important factors; first the need to weatherproof the simple clay bricks used in construction, and secondly the need to ornament the buildings. Tilework was used to emphasise certain motifs such as the ascending and descending patterns in the dome of the Sheikh Lotfallah mosque, and to emphasise transitional points in the design either by providing a patterned panel or border, or by incorporating calligraphy.
    Two main types of tilework developed. The mosaic tilework formed by incorporating single colour tiles into the design and the so called cuerda seca technique where a range of colours is used on individual, generally square shaped tiles. This latter form developed extensively during the 17th century, Safavid dynasty, as the quality of glazes improved and because it was significantly cheaper to produce.
    The principle colours used were blue, yellow, turquoise, pink, aubergine and green. These seven colours gave rise to the name haft rang - which literally means "seven colours"

iran-shiraz - tomb of hafez the master of Persian lyrical poetry

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shiraz is the capital of Fars province, one of the most beautiful, historical cities in the world. Farsi (Persian or Parsi) the language of Ancient Fars (Pars), has become the official language of Iran (Persia).

Shiraz with more than 850,000 inhabitants situated in southwestern Iran, in the inland around 200 km from the Persian Gulf, at an elevation of 1,800 metres above sea level.

Different people have lived in the Fars province such as the Aryans, the Samis and the Turks, who worked together to form the Iranian culture.

The first Capital of Fars, some 2500 years ago, was Pasargad. It was also the capital of Achaemenid King Cyrus the Great. The ceremonial capital of his successor, Darius I (or Darius the Great), and his son Xerxes, was Persepolis. Today, only the ruins of these two capitals remain. Stakhr was another capital of Fars. It was established by the Sassanids and lasted until Shiraz finally assumed the role of the regional capital.

Shiraz is also the birthplace and resting place of the great Persian poets HAFEZand Saadi. There are two remarkable monuments in Shiraz. One is dedicated to Hafez, the master of Persian lyrical poetry. The other one is dedicated to Sa'adi, the author of the famous Golestan, a book of sonnets called the Garden of Roses.


Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (also spelled Hafiz) (خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی in Persian) was an Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310-1337 in Shiraz (Persia), Iran, son of a certain Baha-ud-Din.

His lyrical poems, ghazals, are noted for their beauty and bring to fruition the love, mystical, and early Sufist themes that had long pervaded Persian poetry. His work is also notable for making frequent reference to astrology and displaying a knowledge of astronomy and the zodiac

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  1. stevekeat images best viewed large 55 months ago | reply

    beautiful structure excellent detail and lighting

  2. sam_alcaphone 53 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Our Iran, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  3. fereydun_farrokhzad 52 months ago | reply

    Hafez is biggest poet of iran.i love him.

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    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called www.flickr.com/groups/1288041@N25/, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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