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Dome Tower Qaboos
Qaboos dome of the fourth century historical building in the city Kavus Dome, located in Golestan province, northern Iran. The architectural style is a secret.
It is considered one of the world's tallest brick buildings on a hill of dirt that has been around longer than fifteen feet from the ground. It in (397 AH to 375 AH Solar) and the reign of Shams Almaly Jorjan Qaboos bin Voshmgir and in the capital of the kings of the land, has been built.
Professor Arthur Pope wrote about the case:
On the East side of the Alborz mountains and vast deserts in Asia, one of the greatest masterpieces of architecture in all its glory is the height of the mast. The dome of the tomb monument Qaboos Qaboos bin Voshmgir tomb tower is innocent of any makeup. A fighter with the power of faith in the face of battle, battle royal poet in eternity, there is the tomb of such a huge and powerful.
And Will Durant wrote about it:
Jorjan the 10th century AD (age Zyaryan) is one of the largest provinces of Iran, and was reputed to be enlightened princes, like Shams Almaly Voshmgir Qaboos Ibn Sina called to his court. It has a dome 52 meters.
Qaboos dome consists of two parts:
1 - pi or foot end of the frame
2 - The Dome Cone
Following the construction of the earth to a height of about 15 meters thick with bricks and materials start and the same was done.
External circular dome housing Qaboos has 15 leaves (serrated ninety degrees) (the same as ten star high) around the Turks and equal distances from each other, the beginning and the end of the leg below the domed ceiling and continues through the Turkey with a bow is filled with brick. Ross The Turks (except the input) x 1.34 meters away from each other. Internal diameter dome to 9 meters in length and 70 cm in diameter and 14 meters in length and 66 cm from the base of the Turks and the Turks along the diameter of the head or foot end its nearly 17 meters in diameter and 6 cm thick shaft bottom conical dome 37 meters in height above low strain tower building is completed.
The dome, which is located in the northern province of Golestan in Kavus Dome trail shoe is built with special bricks, double crust. The inner dome-like dome-shaped dirt oval and a half of regular bricks and brick outer shell trail.
The conical dome is 18 meters high and embedded in the body of the east window of the height of one meter and ninety centimeters. Width of the aperture in the top 73 and 75 in the middle and at the bottom is 80. On the south side of the entrance is a 5/1 m wide and 55/5 meters high. Meniscus in the arcades in the early stages Mogharnas that seems to be developing this type of plaster decoration and architecture. This simple yet elegant Mogharnas Mogharnas first examples of buildings that began construction has been completed. Wilson American doctor representative of the views and research of the meadow have written about this Mogharnas this: high in the early stages of development of the Crescent Mogharnas Gylvyy entries, and this is one of the examples of decorative architectural principles that has become important later. Kufic inscriptions arranged in two rows of the belt has a body like a row at 8 meters high and one foot in the conical dome of the top five. Type Kufic inscriptions written in simple brick and letters do not make it. Is a prominent and legible rectangular frame around them is margins of bricks.
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