The frescoes of this Esfahan palace - yet another world class artistic jewel...
Not all the frescoes have survived the 1979 Islamic Revolution...
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Mausoleum of Harun Vilayet (Bogh-e Harun Vilayet)
Another artistic gem in Esfahan.
Islam is generally against the portrayal of human and animal images but there seems to be a lot of exceptions in Shia Islam. Here you find not only the Prophet (with his face blanked out) as well as the Shia imams.
Islam is generally against the portrayal of human and animal images but there seems to be a lot of exceptions in Shia Islam. Here you find not only the Prophet (with his face blanked out) as well as the Shia imams.
Labels:
Iran,
Middle East,
Odyssey2
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