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Yazd

Yazd

Interior of the dome of Yazd's beautiful Friday Mosque. This gives no idea of its scale, which was...

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Mosaic work in the Friday Mosque. It sometimes felt like wandering around inside a kaleidocope.

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Yazd

Yazd

Moqarnas (stalactite work) on the main gate to the Friday Mosque.

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At dusk.

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Yazd

Yazd

A Qajar interior at the Malek-e-Tojjar Hotel.

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Dinner at the Malek-e-Tojjar.

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Yazd

Yazd

In the Old City.

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I got stuck in Yazd a bit longer than I expected. Can't complain though - it's a lovely place...

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Yazd

Yazd

View over the Old City of Yazd.

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Yazd is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

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Yazd

Yazd

The crumbling Old City is dotted with wind towers or badgirs like these. they catch the breezes and...

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The sign for the ladies'.

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Yazd

Yazd

Inside the Bodgeh-ye Seyed Roknaddin, tomb of a local Musilm notable.

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This building is known as Alexander's Dungeon. I didn't feel much of a historical frisson, I must...

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Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace

The old palce of the Qajar shahs in Tehran.

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Qajar art is a sometimes beautiful, sometimes kooky blend of Western and Eastern aesthetics.

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Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace

The old throne room of the Qajar shahs. They had a marked preference for mirror work.

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Polychrome tiles like these are typical of Qajar architecture. They're not usually all...

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