Iran – A Selection Of 37 Pictures

By Gilles & Heidi on 29. April 2014 in Iran, Iran – Photos, Middle East – Photos

Jamkaran Mosque, Qom

We spent two weeks in Iran in April 2014, and covered the cultural heartland of Iran: Shiraz, Isfahan, Na’In, Yazd, Kashan, Qom & last but not least Teheran. Due to the lack of time, we did not travel the north of the country, nor did we go to the deserts – Here you find a selection of 37 pictures from Iran

: Qavam House, Bagh-e Eram or Heaven Garden, Shiraz

: The Tomb of Hafez, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez, Shiraz, Iran

: The Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz

: In Shiraz

: In Shiraz

: Tomb of Cyrus The Great, Pasargadae

: The Apadana, Persepolis

: Persepolis – The Apadana, Persepolis & Pasargadae, Iran

: Naqsh-e Rostam – The four Achaemenid Tombs

: Naqsh-e Rostam – The four Achaemenid Tombs, carved in the Rock: Tomb of Darius II, Artaxerxes, Darius The Great, and Xerxes, Persepolis & Pasargadae, Iran

: In Esfahan

: Maydan-e Imam, or Maydan-e Shah or Maydan-e Naqsh-e Jahan, or Imam Square in Esfahan –

: The Shah Mosque – Maydan-e Imam in Esfahan

: The Shah Mosque or Imam mosque – Maydan-e Imam, in Esfahan

: The Shah Mosque or Imam mosque (after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran) or Jameh Abbasi Mosque – Maydan-e Imam, or Maydan-e Shah or Maydan-e Naqsh-e Jahan, or Imam Square in Esfahan -, Esfahan, Iran

: The Shah Mosque – Maydan-e Imam in Esfahan

: Sheikh Lutfollah Mosque – Maydan-e Imam, or Maydan-e Shah or Maydan-e Naqsh-e Jahan, or Imam Square in Esfahan, Esfahan, Iran

: The Shah Mosque at night – Maydan-e Imam in Esfahan

: At the Jewish Cemetery in Pir-e-Bakran

: Vank Cathedral, Esfahan

: With 34 meters the highest Wind tower, Dolatabad-Garden, Yazd

: Amir Chakhmâgh Mosque at night

: Friday Mosque or Masged-e game at night

: Fire Temple – a Modern Zoroastrian Shrine, Yazd

: Fire Temple – a Modern Zoroastrian Shrine, Yazd, Iran

: Water cooler with Windtowers in Meybod, north of Yadz, Yazd, Iran

: Robat-e Zayn al-Din Caravanserai – Silk Road, Yazd

: Ruined Safavid village of Kharanaq, Yazd

: The 18th Century Agha Bozorg Mosque and its “sunken” courtyard, Kashan, Iran

: Tabātabāei Historic House, Kashan

: The 18th Century Agha Bozorg Mosque and its “sunken” courtyard, Kashan, Iran

: In Kashan

: In Kashan

: In Kashan

: Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse (Hammam-e Sultan Amir Ahmad), also known as the Qasemi Bathhouse – a traditional Iranian public bathhouse, Kashan, Iran

: Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse (Hammam-e Sultan Amir Ahmad), also known as the Qasemi Bathhouse – a traditional Iranian public bathhouse, Kashan, Iran