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| Teheran: Golestan palace of the shahs (kings) |
Teheran: Golestan palace 18th-19th century |
Teheran: nowadays a daring picture in this country |
near Teheran: 'green' summer palace outside the city |
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| near Teheran: remaines of destroyed statue of last shah Reza |
near Teheran: dining room in 'white' summer palace |
Teheran: wall painting on former American embassy |
Teheran: nowadays no one pays attention |
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| Teheran: street vendor |
Qom: islamitic sanctuary, first courtyard |
Qom: minarets and golden dome |
Qom: mausoleum of sister of one of the first imams |
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| Qom: third courtyard of the complex |
Qom: making a phone call on the roof |
Qom: a minaret |
Qom: dome, inside |
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| Kashan: Fin garden, typically Persian garden |
Kashan: pavillion in the garden |
Kashan: former merchant house |
Kashan: room in merchant house |
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| Abyaneh: 2500 year old mountain village |
Abyaneh: mountain village |
Abyaneh: mountain village |
Abyaneh: mountain village |
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| Abyaneh: mausoleum of a imam |
Abyaneh: courtyard of mausoleum |
Abyaneh: regional costume |
Abyaneh: ruins of a house |
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| Esfahan:imam square, second-largest square on earth |
Esfahan: Ali Qapu palace of the shahs |
Esfahan: Ali Qapu palace, 400 years old |
Esfahan: music room in palace |
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| Esfahan: imam mosque, view from palace terrace |
Esfahan: courtyard of imam-, former shah mosque |
Esfahan: dome, inside |
Esfahan: sheikh Lotfollah mosque |
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| Esfahan: inside the Lotfollah mosque |
Esfahan: Lotfollah mosque, dome inside |
Esfahan: modern Iranian family |
Esfahan: traditonal woman with child in fashionable clothes |
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| Esfahan: Chehel Sotun palace and garden |
Esfahan: paintings of humans, permitted in shiite islam |
Esfahan: the back of the palace |
Esfahan: a passage from the Koran |
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| Esfahan: Friday mosque: courtyard |
Esfahan: special decorations in relief |
Esfahan: 12th century section of the mosque |
Esfahan: special masonry |
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| Esfahan: shopping in the bazaar |
Esfahan: former pigeon tower |
Esfahan: on top of the tower, used for collecting dungeon |
Esfahan: Armenian quarter |
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| Esfahan: Armenian church from 1655 |
Esfahan: fresco 'last judgement' in the church |
Esfahan: bridge from 1602 over dry river-bed |
Esfahan: young and old on the bridge |
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| Na'in: Narin castle from 200, maybe older |
Na'in: Narin castle |
Na'in: town, view from the castle |
Na'in: water basins and cooling towers |
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| Na'in: old, decayed houses |
Na'in: friday mosque, built from the 8th century on |
Na'in: mosque-goers after the service |
Na'in: pulpit with wood marquetry, 700 years old |
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| Yazd: fire temple of the old zoroastrian religion |
Yazd: on the hills zoroastrian towers of silence |
Yazd: on the tower dead bodies were disposed to vultures |
Yazd: view from tower on the town |
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| Yazd: mosque in the bazaar and wind(cooling)tower |
Yazd: friday mosque from 15th century |
Yazd: prayer niche in mosque |
Yazd: Amir Chakhmaq mosque |
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| Zein-o-din: landscape |
Zein-o-din: caravanserai 400 years old |
Zein-o-din: courtyard of caravanserai |
Zein-o-din: cabinets containing beds |
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| Mahan: mausoleum of shah/poet/Soefi Vali |
Mahan: mausoleum, one of the courtyards |
Mahan: mausoleum, one of the courtyards |
Mahan: Persian garden from 1873 |
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| Kerman: caravanserai in the bazaar |
Kerman: herbs shop in the bazaar |
Kerman: shoe shop in the bazaar |
Kerman: clothes shop in the bazaar |
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| Persepolis: gate of the complex, 2500 years old |
Persepolis: palace Apadana, audience hall of the kings |
Persepolis: relief of king on his throne and soldiers |
Persepolis: relief of lion attacking a bull |
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| Persepolis: relief of soldiers |
Persepolis: Persians and Medes (wearing bowler hats) |
Persepolis: Assyrians with rams (gift for the king) |
Persepolis: Ethiopians with giraffe (shortened neck) |
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| Persepolis: current inhabitant |
Naqsh-e Rostam: rock tombs of the kings |
Naqsh-e Rostam: reliefs of battle |
Naqsh-e Rostam: flowers on dry soil |
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| Shiraz: tomb of the poet Hafez |
Shiraz: dome, inside |
Shiraz: garden of the tomb |
Shiraz: mausoleum of emir Ali |
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| Shiraz: in the mausoleum small mirrors |
Shiraz: in the mausoleum modern clock |
Shiraz: in the mausoleum children on the pulpit |
Shiraz: Eram (paradise) garden |
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| Shiraz: hamam (bathhouse) of the Vakil bazaar |
Shiraz: mosque of te Vakil bazaar |
Shiraz: citadel from 18th century |
Shiraz: tower of the citadel |
© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.