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JAME MASQUE OF YAZD


JAME MASQUE OF YAZD
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Copyright: hamid azhari (hamidazhari) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 35 W: 11 N: 15] (236)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-29
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/11, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-10 2:43
Viewed: 460
Points: 2
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The Jame Mosque (Friday Mosque) is a mosque in Yazd, Yazd Province of Iran.

The 12th century mosque is still in use today. It was first built under Ala'oddoleh Garshasb of the Al-e Bouyeh dynasty. The mosque was largely rebuilt between 1324CE and 1365CE, and is one of the outstanding 14th century buildings of Iran.

The mosque is a fine specimen of the Azari style of Persian architecture.

The mosque is crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Persia, and the portal's facade is decorated from top to bottom in dazzling tile work, predominantly blue in colour. Within is a long arcaded courtyard where, behind a deep-set south-east iwan, is a sanctuary chamber (shabestan). This chamber, under a squat tiled dome, is exquisitely decorated with faience mosaic: its tall faience Mihrab, dated 1365CE, is one of the finest of its kind in existence.
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MERHABA hamid .
SUPER COMPOSİON . very good.
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