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La Medrasa du Khan fondée en 1615 à l'époque safavide.
Muqarnas : niches ou alvéoles géométriques, curvilignes ou rectilignes, ressemblant parfois à des stalactites. Elles décorent les coupoles, les fenêtres, les iwans, les portails, ainsi que les niches d'angle qui assurent la transition entre une coupole et la salle carrée.
Detail of the Oljeitu mihrab in Masjed-e Jame where tuluth script calligraphy in stucco becomes pure art, and a testament to the conversion from Christianity to Islam of Oljeitu.
* 23 July '07 - #227 on Flickr's Explore.
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"
The Kuh-e-Surmeh Mine, in Fars Province, Iran, which extracts lead and zinc ores, is seen here left of center some 1,605 km south-southeast of Tbilisi on a flight from Doha, Qatar, to Tbilisi, Georgia. The Firuzabad - Jam Road and the Farashband - Dehram Road are seen at the bottom of the frame.
Visit of the National Historical village of Ghalat.
Door of an old house.
Ghalat is a beautiful old village with amazing old houses that is 15 minutes out of the city of Shiraz. You can encounter there a lot of Iranian people.
A Iran Air Airbus A300-600 crossing the bridge of the Hoofdvaart while on Taxiway Victor of Schiphol Airport
This Earth Art in Iran reminds me of a Paul Klee. Would love to find a Mondriaan, as it is Mondriaan year. Will keep looking…
Un peu de Paul Klee peut-être au détour de l'Iran, à défaut de trouver du Mondrian. Mais je ne renonce toujours pas à honorer l’année du peintre néerlandais par un cliché de la Terre ;)
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Monastère arménien Saint-Stéphanos : près de Djolfa, non loin de la frontière avec l'Azerbaïdjan, il fut fondé au 10° s., mais les bâtiments actuels (murs d'enceinte, tours, église) ont été bâtis postérieurement entre le 16° s. et le 19° s.
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Mausolée de Shah Cheragh où se trouve le tombeau du grand frère de l'Imam Rezâ. Ce site est un lieu de pèlerinage important pour les Shi'ites.
Muqarnas : niches ou alvéoles géométriques, curvilignes ou rectilignes, ressemblant parfois à des stalactites. Elles décorent les coupoles, les fenêtres, les iwans, les portails, ainsi que les niches d'angle qui assurent la transition entre une coupole et la salle carrée.