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Isfahan (Iran)August 2000 |
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07 August City map of Isfahan. |
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07 August Accommodation in Tourist Hotel on Abbas Abad Street. |
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11 August The Shahrzad Restaurant opposite the hotel ... |
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11 August ... invites for lunch and supper. |
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13 August The extensively glazed façade of the restaurant. |
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13 August Enjoying dessert in Shahrzad restaurant. |
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Friday Excursion(Isfahan)11 August |
In Islamic countries Friday is a holiday. Most Iranian people like to make prolonged excursions and extensive picnics with their whole family. The shady banks of the Zayanderud river in Isfahan were full of visitors as well as the tea houses under the bridges hidden from the enormous heat on that day. |  |
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Friday Mosque(Isfahan)12 August |
The Friday Mosque reflects a 1000-year-old Persian and Islamic architecture. It was built on the place of a former fire temple and continuously restored and reorganised so that nowadays it consists of many different styles. The Mihrab of Oljaytu is considered the most beautiful Mongolic stucco and is elaborately carved. Its construction has been ordered by the Mongol ruler Oljaytu in 1310. It is located in a side prayer hall built within the western arcade. |  |
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Emam Square(Isfahan)8 - 17 August |
The Emam Square (Shah Meydan) measures about 500 by 150 m and has the epithet Construction Plan of the World. The facility dates to the 17th century to the time of Shah Abbas I. Originally it was used for festivals, polo and executions. Later the square was reconfigured into a park. The square is surrounded by two-storied ambulatories accommodating varieties of handicraft and other shops. In the northern part lies the bazaar, in the eastern the Lotfollah Mosque, in the southern the Emam Mosque and in the western the Ali Ghapoo Palace. |  |
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Emam Mosque(Isfahan)17 August |
The Emam Mosque (till 1979 Shah Mosque) has been build in the 17th century by Shah Abbas I and is considered to be a masterpiece of Islamic architecture. Highly detailed mosaic works in portals, praying halls, domes, minarets and ambulatories are outstanding. The mosque is oriented towards Mecca, as recommended by the Quran. Thus it forms an angle of 45° with the axis of the Emam Square. |  |
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10 August The bridge Si-o-se Pol across Zayanderud river. |
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17 August In the evening time at the entrance of the Emam Mosque. |
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19 August View of the Palace with 40 Columns ... |
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19 August ... respectively Chehelsotun Palace. |
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19 August Inside the Palace: The mirror-tiled entrance and ... |
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19 August ... a partly restored vault ... |
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19 August ... and two paintings with scenes ... |
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19 August ... in former times. |
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21 August Return flight with a B727-200 from Isfahan .... |
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21 August ... to Tehran and ... |
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21 August ... with a B747-200 from Tehran ... |
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21 August ... to Istanbul. |
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