People stroll in Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Isfahan, Iran, last September. (Mustafa Noori / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) While military strategists scramble to ...

A woman walks in the garden at the historic Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Iran's central city of Isfahan in this May 2022 photograph — ATTA KENARE A 400-year-old iconic mosque in Iran's central city of ...

According to Miras Arya (CHTN), he said that following restoration operations of Isfahan Jame’ Mosque, the restoration of Taj-ul-Molk dome began. He explained that the restoration operations include ...

To the south, the imposing Imam Mosque — renowned for its blue mosaic tiles — dominates the view. Oriented southwest toward Mecca, the mosque’s angle contrasts with the square’s southward alignment, ...

Visible cracks in some walls of the historical houses, the gradual subsidence of domes, and the threat to the stability of the columns of mosques are just some of the alarm bells that have been ...

Heavy clashes have been reported outside an Isfahan mosque where a memorial ceremony was due to be held in honor of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a founding architect of the Iranian ...

Pearling, testimony of an island economy (Bahrain) and the Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (Iran) were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Saturday morning. The World Heritage Committee, the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06.

2004 Report on the UNESCO/ICHTO Mission to Meidan Emam, Esfahan; June 2004 2002 World Heritage Centre/World Bank Mission Report; Meidan Emam, Esfahan; October 2002 2002 WHC Mission Report; Meidan Emam ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06.

Linda Shaffer, Mosque in Esfahan, Iran, 1976. Gelatin silver print, 16.25 x 11.5 inches, 41.3 x 29.2 cm. Signed on verso. This photograph was taken in 1976, less than three years later Americans where ...