Iwan at the main entrance of the Friday Mosque of ...
Ribbed vault in the interior of the Friday Mosque ...
Vaulted bays in the southern interior of the Frida...
Standard pointed arches separating vaulted bays in...
Giant pier in the vaulted interior of the Friday M...
Row of lattice windows framed by elegant pointed a...
Exquisite brick vault in the southwestern hypostyl...
Another superb brick vault in the southwestern hyp...
View down corridor of bays covered by brick vaults...
Closeup of a small segment of the "forty-two recta...
Another view of the northwest iwan, this time from...
Vaulted bays in the southwestern hypostyle area of...
Pointed arches supporting a 'beehive' shaped dome ...
Large, transverse pointed-arches covering a room i...
The Timurid prayer hall to the southwest in the Fr...
Detail of the mihrab of Uljaytu in the Timurid pra...
Close up of the niche in the mihrab of Uljaytu, in...
Iwan façade of the Muffarid Madrasa, in the Friday...
View of the area across the entrance to the Muzaff...
View from beneath the vault of the iwan façade of ...
Closeup of the richly ornamented muqarnas hood ove...
The next fifty images in the collection exhibit so...
View of the northeast iwan and the adjacent two-ti...
View of the northwest iwan in the courtyard of the...
The southeast iwan and its internal vault, which i...
A side-view of the northwest iwan from within one ...
A pointed barrel-vault with an exquisitely decorat...
A mesmerizing view through an alternating series o...
A rectangular passage in the Shah mosque covered b...
Looking through the iwan portal leading into the c...
Pointed barrel-vaults opening onto the adjacent co...
View of the courtyard of one of the madrasas. -MA
An iwan portal in the madrasa courtyard of the Sha...
Exterior view of the dome of the Shah Mosque from ...
Exquisite tile decoration above dados of the façad...
The dome of the Shaykh Lutfallah Mosque.
The muqarnas-adorned mihrab in the interior of the...
View of the south iwan of Chahar Bagh Madrasa acro...
An axial view of the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh ...
View of the dome and arcade of the Chahar Bagh Mad...
A view of the south iwan of the Chahar Bagh Madras...
A close look at the muqarnas-adorned mihrab and mi...
A portal iwan in the Chahar Bagh Madrasa's central...
Pointed archway in the corner of the Chahar Bagh M...
Closer look at archway displayed in B.096. The orn...
Wonderful view of the two stories of rooms and poo...
A reflection of the two stories of rooms in the po...
A long hall of multiple bays in the Chahar Bagh Ma...
The entrance portal to the Mosque of Sultan al-Nas...
View of the Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad.
A view of the interior of the south-eastern iwan i...
A side view of the adjacent south-western facades ...
The façade of the ancient Al-Azhar mosque and madr...
A wall segment in the Al-Azhar mosque containing a...
The area in front of the Bab Zuwayla (See E.047 fo...
A view of the domed structure covering the ablutio...
View of the courtyard and inner arcade of the Mosq...
A view of the spiraling minaret of the Ibn Tulun m...
Peering through a network of elegant pointed arche...
Another look at a segment of the central courtyard...
One of the twin minarets of the complex. -MA
The façade of the chapel-turned-mosque (in the six...
Isfahan was at one time dotted with these minarets...
Safavid period decoration inside the Masjid-e-Ali.
There are two balconies to the shaft, one of which...
View of the minaret of Masjid-e-Ali from inside th...
The Imamzadeh Baba Qasim is almost contemporaneous...
The tri-partite semi-dome at the top of the portal...
The Shahrestan bridge is the oldest bridge in Isfa...
View of the remnants of Seljuk pavilions at the no...
View of the Sassanian piers from the pavilion.
Another view of the bridge, from the south end.
Faded slide of a view from the pavilion.
Another faded slide of the bridge from the south e...
One of the most attractive bridges in Isfahan, the...
View of the Khwaju bridge through the pier arches.
View of the bridge from one of the pavilions.
The Bridge of 33 arches, or the ‘si-o-seh pol’ in ...
A view through the pier arches.
A 10-tiered flared muqarnas or stalactite vault in...
The iwan-portal that forms the entrance to the Ily...
The Akhan Kervansaray before extensive renovation.
Another image of the intricately adorned interior ...
A small pointed arch in the interior of the Büyük ...
Another image of the open-air interior space of th...
A muqarnas niche at the Citadel of Konya. -MA
One of the five freestanding tomb towers of Ottoma...
Inner portal to the animal and cargo storage area....
Square stone kiosk-mosque in the courtyard of Sult...
A view of the square stone kiosk-mosque from the c...
Another view of the arabesque tracery through the ...
The shaded arcade on the west of the open courtyar...
The Tomb of Uljaitu was begun in 1305 and complete...
Banna’i work framing an arch. Banna’i brickwork co...
The second-storey galleries open outwards, to late...
The richly decorated stalactite cornice ribboning ...
Intricate stucco decoration from the interior of t...
Glazed brick decoration framing an arch at the Tom...
Exterior glazed brick decoration on the Tomb of Ul...
View of a vault from inside the dome chamber in th...
View of vaults from inside the dome chamber of the...
Detail of pier on the Blue Mosque. The color palat...
Detail of decoration, inside dome chamber. On the ...
An exterior view of the brick walls of the Friday ...
Exterior view of the Gonbad-i-Ghaffariyeh, a mauso...
Exterior view of the Gonbad-i-Ghaffariyeh. Gonbad-...
Blind arcades housing decorative panels. Gonbad-i-...
Arched portal containing stalactite tympanum above...
The Gonbad-e-Kabud was built in 1196 and is lavish...
View of the portal screen in relation to the dome ...
View of the northwest iwan of the Friday Mosque at...
A view of the mihrab in polychrome relief stucco. ...
View through damaged hallway at the Friday Mosque ...
Interior view of vaults at the Friday Mosque of Sa...
A view of the Friday Mosque at Nain, which is one ...
View of the minaret from inside the Friday Mosque ...
View of a stone arch at the Friday Mosque at Nain....
Piers of the Friday Mosque at Nain with patterns i...
Transverse vaults in gallery inside Friday Mosque ...
Mihrab carved in exquisite deeply carved stucco at...
View of the magnificent entrance iwan of the Frida...
A view of the entrance iwan and minarets from the ...
Panels of mosaic faience on a brick background. Th...
Detail of a mosaic faience from the eastern iwan o...
Façade of the high iwan vault leading into the dom...
Detail of mosaic faience from the high iwan of the...
View of galleries inside the tunnel of the high iw...
The mihrab is one of the few parts of the mosque w...
View of side gallery from inside dome chamber.
View looking into the eastern gallery of the Frida...
View of the entrance iwan across a reflecting pool...
Detail of tile mosaic on iwan, probably heavily re...
View of the main entrance portal (north) from the ...
A view of the qibla wall (southern iwan), depictin...
Detail of tilework on arcades, showing glazed and ...
The mihrab, installed in the 16th century, compris...
Detailed view from the lower part of the main port...
View of façade, covered in probably heavily restor...
Detail of arches, showing glazed and unglazed bric...
This octagonal domed mausoleum is a very important...
View from the inside the mausoleum. (For general a...
A view from the Patio de las Doncellas or the “Cou...
An arched entrance in Juderia (the former Jewish q...
A view into the Court of the Lions. About this bui...
The famous fountain in the Court of the Lions. The...
A portico in the Court of the Lions. About this bu...
Elaborate stucco work around the Court of the Lion...
The play of light and shadow is an important motif...
The Patio de la Acequia (Water Garden Courtyard) i...
A pointed arch beneath a rectangular panel in Chef...
Full view of the courtyard and archways of the Shr...
