| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Fertile valley in the Zagros Mountains.
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2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Flat agricultural land.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Farming settlements near Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Fertile mountains and valleys.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Treelined hills in the Zagros Mountains.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Misty mountain scenery over a green valley floor.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
Region : Zagros Mountains
|
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Green valley overlooked by jagged rocks.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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The Arg-e Karim Khan, in the centre of Shiraz, is the citadel built by Karim Khan, the first of the Zand rulers.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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One of the four bastions of the citadel.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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Two women by the citadel walls.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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Tiled image showing mythological stories.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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The interior is set around a pool and garden.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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Stained glass window.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Karim Khan Citadel
|
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Carved wood.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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The Pavillion at Nazar Garden was built for Karim Khan and is now his tomb.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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Tile paintings showing flowers.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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Tile work on the pavillion.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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Tile paintings showing horsemen.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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The rose garden and pool.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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Carved stone slabs.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nazar Garden
|
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Ancient earthenware jars.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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The entrance to Vakil Bazaar, the largest covered market in Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Vakil Bazaar is set in a vaulted brick building built under Karim Khan.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Vakil Bazaar is famous for its carpet shops.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Shiraz carpets for sale.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Framed carpet painting.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Clothes shops.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Shop selling cloth.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Octagonal halls link different parts of the bazaar.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Woman at a perfume store.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Vakil Bazaar
|
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Persian perfumes.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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The Northern entrance gate of Vakil Mosque which dates from the Zand era.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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The Southern Iwan is one of the mosque's two gates.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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Detail of tile work in the Southern gate.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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Three students at the mosque.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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The prayer hall has 48 carved columns.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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The minbar (pulpit) has 14 steps carved from a single block of marble from Azerbaijan.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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Looking into the mosque's courtyard from the prayer hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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Ceiling tile work.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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Detail of the wall tile work.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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The prayer niche.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Mosque
|
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People at the prayer niche.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Hammam
|
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Vakil Hamaam is an old bath house.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Vakil Hammam
|
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Inside the domed bath house.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Fruit juice and snack shop in central Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Poetry books for sale, including Hafez, the locally born national poet.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Bookshop selling Gulistan, the masterpiece of local poet, Sa'di.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Kettles and tea pots.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Fruit shop.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
|
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Buying flat bread.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Shah Cheragh
|
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The entrance to the shrine of Shah Cheragh with its typical Shiraz style dome.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Shah Cheragh
|
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The tiled onion shaped dome.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Shah Cheragh
|
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Detail of the dome.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Shah Cheragh
|
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Pilgrims visiting the 9th century shrine.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Atigh Mosque
|
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The Atigh Mosque is the oldest Islamic building in Shiraz, dating from 894.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Atigh Mosque
|
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The upper gateway.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Atigh Mosque
|
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The 14th century Khoda Khaneh was a building for storing Qurans.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Atigh Mosque
|
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Ceiling tilework.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Atigh Mosque
|
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Grandfather and child.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The Nasir ol Molk Mosque dates from the 19th century.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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Decoration from the East iwan (gate).
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The West gate.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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Tower on the West Gate with the hand representing Shia Islam.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The mosque is a riot of colour and decoration.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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Detail of the courtyard tiled walls.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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Family visiting the mosque.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The prayer hall is highly decorated, carpeted and colonaded.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The tiled mihrab of the prayer hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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Stained glass window in the prayer hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Nasir ol Molk Mosque
|
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The ceiling of the prayer hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Melli Park
|
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Melli Park is a large green space in the north of Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Melli Park
|
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Families relax in tents and have picnics.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
District : Melli Park
|
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Family at the park.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The 19th century Shrine of Emir Ali.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The dome and minaret.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The courtyard of the shrine.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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School group at the shrine complex.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The spectacular mirrorred interior of the shrine.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The ceiling in the shrine.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Shrine of Emir Ali
|
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The central shrine.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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The tomb of Sheikh Mohammad Shams-ed Din, a poet better known as Sa'di.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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The poet's tomb lies inside a domed and tiled colonade.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Sa'di died in 1291. His most famous works are "Rose Garden" and "Garden of Trees".
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Tilework in the colonade.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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The tomb of Sa'di is set in a garden near the edge of Shiraz.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Roses are a feature of the garden at the Sa'di tomb.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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The ceiling of the underground tea house built over a fish pond.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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School children visiting the tomb.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Two women in the garden.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Man in the garden.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Schoolgirls eating ice cream.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Tomb of Sa'di
|
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Two clerics visiting the tomb.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Saladin Hussein Mosque
|
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The Mosque of Saladin Hussein.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Saladin Hussein Mosque
|
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Tilework on the Mosque of Saladin Hussein.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Saladin Hussein Mosque
|
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One of the two minarets.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Naranjastan Garden
|
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The Naranjastan Garden is set around a Qajar era pavillion. "Naranjastan" is Sanskrit for "land of oranges".
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Naranjastan Garden
|
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Tiles along the outside wall of the garden in the style of Persian minature paintings.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Naranjastan Garden
|
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The pavillion is highly decorated and has many rooms and a mirrored hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Naranjastan Garden
|
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The interior of the mirrored hall.
|
2010 |
| Iran |
City / Town : Shiraz
Site / Event : Naranjastan Garden
|
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Inlaid wooden door in the pavillion.
|
2010 |
were added from 1 February 2025.