| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Jameh Mosque
|
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The dome.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Jameh Mosque
|
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The courtyard.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Two soldiers in a sweet shop.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Nut shop.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Fire Temple
|
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The Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd dates from 1934.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Fire Temple
|
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The Fravahar above the temple is the symbol of Zoroastrianism.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Fire Temple
|
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Portrait of Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrinism.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Fire Temple
|
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The "eternal flame" in the Zoroastrian temple.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Zoroastrian tower of silence where dead bodies were left to be eaten by birds.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Zoroastrian tower of silence.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Building with wind towers at the edge of Yazd.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Yazd
|
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Sand storm outside Yazd.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Small oasis village near Meybod.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Zoroastrian tower of silence near Meybod.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Meybod is a mud brick town inhabited from the 3rd century.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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The houses in the town are low rise and have small windows to keep out the desert Sun.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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View of the town.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Mud brick minaret.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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House with wind tower used for cooling.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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Narein Castle is made from mud bricks and dates from 1000 BCE.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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The castle entrance.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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The mud walls of the castle.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
 |
Visitor.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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The main building.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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Bastion and wall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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The walls are made of mud bricks.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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Group of school girls from Tehran visiting the castle.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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Family from Shiraz at the castle.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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Decorated tower.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Narein Castle
|
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View from the castle.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Water cooler with four windtowers dating from the 17th century.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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The courtyard of the caravan serai, used by travelling merchants as an inn.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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Rooms lead off from the courtyard.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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The dome.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Traditionally shaped ice house used for storing ice during the summer months.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Post House
|
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17th century Post House used by relay riders carrying messages.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Post House
|
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The interior has a weaving workshop.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Post House
|
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Partially woven carpet.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Post House
|
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Woman weaving.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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A large area of the town is dedicated to a pottery work shop.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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Vases and jars.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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Flowerpots.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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Glazed vases.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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Ceramic money boxes drying.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pottery Workshop
|
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70 year old potter making a jar.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pigeon House
|
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The Pigeon House.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pigeon House
|
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The pigeon entry holes are above structures designed to keep out reptiles.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
Site / Event : Pigeon House
|
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The interior had spaces for 4000 pigeons, once harvested for their guano.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Misty mountainous desert to the East of Meybod.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Mountains near Meybod.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Colourful mountain scenery close to Meybod.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Sand and mountains in the Meybod region.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Meybod
|
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Desert road near Chak Chak.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Chak Chak is a Zoroastrian pilgrimage site set on a cliff in a remote valley.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Buildings for pilgrims.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Family having a picnic.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Pilgrims.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Students visiting the temple.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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The door of the temple is decorated with a Zoroastrian king.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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The Zoroastrian temple is in a cave.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Zoroastrian icons.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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Girl inside the temple.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
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The temple is built around a spring which is said to be tears of grief at the fall of the Persian Empire to the Arabs in 641.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
Site / Event : Zoroastrian Temple
|
 |
View from the temple.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Mountains near Chak Chak, in a remote area north of Yazd.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Uninhabited valley in the Chak Chak region.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Sandstone mountain scenery.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Remote valley in the desert.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Cliffs and mountains.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Monochrome mountain scenery.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Misty mountain scenery.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Spectacular mountains in the remote Chak Chak area.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Desert valleys.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Chak Chak
|
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Desolate mountain scenery near Chak Chak.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Kharanaq is an almost deserted mud brick village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Kharanaq is s set on a hill surrounded by fields and dates from the 10th century.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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The village is dominated by the shaking minaret.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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The shaking minaret is made from mud bricks and dates from the 17th century.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Crumbling buildings.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Wheat fields around the village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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The citadel.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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The aquaduct brings water to the village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Rooftops.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Shrine in the fields.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Two workmen rennovating the village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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House next to the citadel.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Houses in the old village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Building workers.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Houses in the old part of the village.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Multi storey houses.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Old woman washing items in a qanat (water canal).
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Kharanaq
|
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Landscape near Kharanaq.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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The Qohrud Mountains to the West of Yazd.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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The desolate Qohrud Mountains.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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Valley in the Qohrud Mountains.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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Barren mountain scenery.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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Rock formations.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Qohrud Mountains
|
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Sandstone formations.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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The Zagros Mountains to the North of Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Snow capped mountains overlook gentle hills.
|
2010 |
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