Iran (Summers of 1968 and 1970, and May
1974)
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shows photos I took during three trips to Iran, in 1968, 1970, and 1974.
Unfortunately, my original photos (36mm slides) have faded over time and only the
scans of some can be shown below.
Left: Itinerary
of the 1968 trip (shown in red, entirely done by bus). Right: Itinerary of the
1970 trip (shown in green, entirely done by car, a Renault 4L). In 1974 I only
visited Shiraz.
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Landscapes of northern Iran.
In Tehran:
- Golestan Palace.
- Street scene.
Imam Reza shrine in Mashad.
Left: Old tower tomb of Ziyarid ruler Qabus, built in 1007 in Gonbad-e-Qaboos
in northeastern Iran, near the border with Turkmenistan.
Right: Minaret of Saveh
(12th century, Seljuk era), located 115km southwest of Tehran.
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Hazrat-e Masumeh
mosque in Qom.
In Isfahan:
- Khaju bridge across the Zayandeh river.
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Left: Naqsh-e-Jahan
square, with Masjed-e Shah in the central background and Ali Qapu palace (with
thin columns) on the right of the photo.
Right: Sheikh Lotfollah,
on the same square.
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- Jameh mosque: north
iwan (left) and west iwan (right)
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- Courtyard of Darb-I Iman.
- Safavid stone statue
of a lion with a human head in its mouth, in Darb-I Iman.
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- Left: Minaret of the Ali Mosque.
Right: Armenian Vank cathedral.
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- Street next to the Grand Bazaar.
Pigeon towers near Isfahan.
In Persepolis:
- Gate of All Nations.
- Tachara palace.
- Bas-relief adorning the staircase of
the Tachara palace.
- Left: Statue of a griffin, a magical
creature with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. Right: Sculpture of
a lion, which is part of the double-lion capital of a fallen column, a
distinctive feature of Achaemenid architecture.
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- Left: Colossal statue of a Lamassu, a
protective deity depicted as a winged bull with a human head. Right: Columns of
the Apadana palace.
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Tomb at Naqsh-e
Rostam, a necropolis located 6km north of Persepolis.
In Shiraz:
- Vakil mosque: facade (left) and
interior (right).
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- Shah Cheragh shrine. [This photo was taken
in 1974. Since then, the shrine has been heavily restored. Today it is barely
recognizable.]
In Yazd:
- General view of the city.
- The chimney-looking towers above
house roofs are wind catchers called bagdirs. They
have been used for century to cool houses during the summer months. They are based
on a natural evaporative cooling process: hot air coming from outside is captured
by the wind catcher and funneled to the basement of the house, where it is
cooled down in contact with water; the cooled air is then redirected upward into
the house.
- Jameh
mosque (left), Amir Chakhmagh mosque (center), man
standing next to a nakhl (right). [A nakhl is a wooden structure carried out during Shia religious
rituals.]
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- Old buildings slightly outside the
city of Yazd.
- The buildings at the center-right of
the above photo is a Yakhchal (closeup below), an
ancient ice house. It was filled during winters with blocks of ice brought from
nearby mountains. Some ice was preserved throughout most of the hot summers.
- Zoroastrian Tower of Silence (Dakhma).
Village near Yazd.
Ancient city of Bam.
Along the road between Bam and Zahedan:
- Our Renault 4L.
- The road seen from the car.
- Camels along the road.
- Woman and child.
Various photos of shops, town scenes,
and people across Iran.
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Unclassified photos.
