Tag: architecture

ryanpanos:

Church Altars | Cyril Porchet | Via

natasha-rostov:

Make me choose: stephaniehasekisultan asked: The Alhambra of Granada or St. Petersburg’s Winter Palace.

tomasorban:

Temple of Dendera

Photo credit Mick Palarczyk

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Paul Smit

mideast-nrthafrica-cntrlasia:

Shah Mosque – Isfahan, Iran

Located on the south site of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, it was built between 1611-1629 during the Safavid dynasty. The mosque was intended by Shah Abbas I to be the crown jewel in the Naqsh-e Jahan Square & replaced the much older Jameh Mosque in conducting the Friday prayers. The polychrome tiles in the dome which is the largest in the city were intended to give the spectator a sense of heavenly transcendence.

The mosque is listed along with the square as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It’s depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 20,000 rial banknote. The name of the mosque was changed by the government following the revolution in 1979 to Imam Mosque. It is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian-Islamic architecture.