looking back to the Masjid-e Shah

The Ali Qapu Palace

The Sheikh Lotfalla Mosque - formerly used exclusively by the women of the ruling family

Light and colors change every other minute

 

The Mihrab indicates the direction of the prayer - towards Mecca - in each mosque

looking up while in the Mihrab

 

leaving

going to get lost in the bazar

caravansery in the bazaar

the new bazar

erster Blick über den Imam-Platz

Imam-Moschee

Bilder von Märtyrern sind überall

Licht- & Wasserspiele und Livemusik

Tür in die Imam-Moschee

Bogengang

erster Ausblick im Hof

überall wird gebaut und renoviert

zum Klo

entering the magnificent Golestan Palace and taking a first rest

back-door

entrance to the exhibition of presents to the Qajar rulers

coming out, still somewhat dazzled by the mirror mosaics

today an administration building

woodwork

no comment possible, really...

someone told us that many Iranians are not really happy about the way their cultural heritage is preserved these days. There is a lot of renovation going on, but the quality of the recent work is supposedly not in the least adequate but rather focused on time saving and money making. I wonder if the above picture proves just that, or if the mistakes in the mosaic are far older...

flowers, trees, more green, flowers on trees :)

 

coffee break

inside the excellently done Ethnological Museum (part of the Golestan Palace)

tools for marquetry/intarsia

traditional garbs from all regions of Iran are on display

strolling back to the hotel