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Khadimsquetta > Arg-e-Karim Khan was built in 1180 AH (1766-7). Karim Khan invited the best architects and Artists of the time and bought the best materials from other cities and abroad for the construction of the citadel of Karim Khan and was quickly constructed. During the Zand dynasty it was used by the king as living quarters. During the Qajar period it was used as the governor's seat. Prince Abdolhosein Mirza Farmanfarma the governor of Fars Province ordered to renovate the miniatures in the citadel. After the fall of the qajar dynasty it was converted into a prison and the paintings were plastered. in 1971 it was given to Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization. The renovation of the citadel started in 1977. Description The Arg of Karim Khan is in the North-West of Shiraz and is located at Shohada Sq. The Arg of Karim Khan has a land area of 4000 m2 and is in the centre of a 12,800 m2 compound.[1] The citadel of Karim Khan consists of four high walls connected by four 14 m round brick towers at a 90 degree angle. Each 12m wall is crenalized and is 3 metres thick at the base and 2.8 metres at the top. [1][2] The design of the citadel combines military and residential architecture for it was the home of Karim Khan and the military centre of the dynasty.[2] In James Edward Alexander's visit to Shiraz he describes the citadel being surrounded by a "deep wet ditch".[3] tile works displaying legendary tales at the entrance gate of the citadel wes a feature added during the Qajar period. Source: Wikipedia
Khadimsquetta > The Leaning Tower! Arg-e-Karim Khan was built in 1180 AH (1766-7). Karim Khan invited the best architects and Artists of the time and bought the best materials from other cities and abroad for the construction of the citadel of Karim Khan and was quickly constructed. During the Zand dynasty it was used by the king as living quarters. During the Qajar period it was used as the governor's seat. Prince Abdolhosein Mirza Farmanfarma the governor of Fars Province ordered to renovate the miniatures in the citadel. After the fall of the qajar dynasty it was converted into a prison and the paintings were plastered. in 1971 it was given to Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization. The renovation of the citadel started in 1977. Description The Arg of Karim Khan is in the North-West of Shiraz and is located at Shohada Sq. The Arg of Karim Khan has a land area of 4000 m2 and is in the centre of a 12,800 m2 compound.[1] The citadel of Karim Khan consists of four high walls connected by four 14 m round brick towers at a 90 degree angle. Each 12m wall is crenalized and is 3 metres thick at the base and 2.8 metres at the top. [1][2] The design of the citadel combines military and residential architecture for it was the home of Karim Khan and the military centre of the dynasty.[2] In James Edward Alexander's visit to Shiraz he describes the citadel being surrounded by a "deep wet ditch".[3] tile works displaying legendary tales at the entrance gate of the citadel wes a feature added during the Qajar period. Source: Wikipedia
Khadimsquetta > Shiraz: Eram Garden
Khadimsquetta > Paasaargaad (Pasargadae-Iran): The 'Prison of Solomon'
Khadimsquetta > Paasaargaad (Pasargadae): The audience hall
Khadimsquetta > A Spanish tourist whom we had met the previous day in Shiraz (Masjid-e-Vakil), saw her again the next day about 300 kilometers in our hotel in Yazd. It was a surprise. Another similar surprise in Yazd, which rarely happens, was when we met outside of 'Aatish Kadah' (Zoroastrain Fire Temple) a woman who two weeks earlier was a member of our tour guide's team for Tehran's Royal Palaces' visit. That encounter was beyond my imagination and it took me a few seconds before I could recognize who she was! Another memorable thing about this picture is that the hotel Mehr where we were staying in (http://www.mehrhotel.ir/)was honoured by UNESCO, did not have stairs to get to the 1st floor; the only access being through a lift. So on this particular day, after our breakfast, we were about to leave our room to come downstairs when we found out there was no electricity so we just got stuck on the 1st floor when this spanish lady appeared there. The hotel manager wanted us to come down via a wooden ladder which I plainly refused - because I felt I was no longer an agile person and my family would not have dared too either. In short, soon the electricity was restored and once again we were on the ground. The hotel is old, nice and not far from the city center.
Khadimsquetta > Ālī Qāpū (Turkish for Sublime Gate; Persian: عالی‌قاپو) is a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the western side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square opposite to Sheikh lotf'Allah mosque, and had been originally designed as a vast portal. It is forty-eight meters high and there are six floors, each accessible by a difficult spiral staircase. In the sixth floor music room, deep circular niches are found in the walls, having not only aesthetic value, but also acoustic. The name Ālī Qāpū, Turkish for "high gate", was given to this place as it was right at the entrance to the Safavid palaces which stretched from the Maidan Naqsh-i-Jahan to the Chahār Bāgh Boulevard. The building, another wonderful Safavid edifice, was built by decree of Shah Abbas the Great in the early seventeenth century. It was here that the great monarch used to entertain noble visitors, and foreign ambassadors. Shah Abbas, here for the first time celebrated the Now'ruz (New Year's Day) of 1006 AH / 1597 A.D. Ālī Qāpū is rich in naturalistic wall paintings by Reza Abbassi, the court painter of Shah Abbas I, and his pupils. There are floral, animal, and bird motifs. The highly ornamented doors and windows of the palace have almost all been pillaged at times of social anarchy. Only one window on the third floor has escaped the ravages of time. Ālī Qāpū was repaired and restored substantially during the reign of Shah Sultan Hussein, the last Safavid ruler, but fell into a dreadful state of dilapidation again during the short reign of invading Afghans. under the Qajar Nasir al-Din shah's reign (1848-96), the Safavid cornices and floral tiles above the portal were replaced by tiles bearing inscriptions. Shah Abbas II was enthusiastic about the embellishment and perfection of Ālī Qāpū. His chief contribution was given to the magnificent hall, the constructures on the third floor. The 18 columns of the hall are covered with mirrors and its ceiling is decorated with great paintings. The chancellery was stationed on the first floor. On the sixth, the royal reception and banquets were held. The largest rooms are found on this floor. The stucco decoration of the banquet hall abounds in motif of various vessels and cups. The sixth floor was popularly called (the music room). Here various ensembles performed music and sang songs. From the upper galleries, the Safavid ruler watched polo, maneuvers and the horse-racing opposite the square of Naqsh-i-Jaha (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
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