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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Exterior · I captured this picture with 24mm tilt shift lens and merged from 25 pictures
1/7 · Exterior · I captured this picture with 24mm tilt shift lens and merged from 25 picturesPhoto: Amir Pashaei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Exterior · Mešita Šejcha Loftolláha v Íránu
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID
3/7 · Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the IDPhoto: Sara Kazemnadi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Exterior
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Interior · This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Interior · Naqsh-e Jahan Imam Square
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque: Drawing · Isfahan's major buldings with the Maidan in the era of SafavidsPhotos unavailable
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Photo 1: Exterior · I captured this picture with 24mm tilt shift lens and merged from 25 picturesPhoto 2: Exterior · Mešita Šejcha Loftolláha v ÍránuPhoto 3: Exterior · This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the IDPhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Interior · This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the IDPhoto 6: Interior · Naqsh-e Jahan Imam SquarePhoto 7: Drawing · Isfahan's major buldings with the Maidan in the era of Safavids

Religious · Historic precedent

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Mohammad-Reza Isfahani · Isfahan, IR · 1619

Key featuresDome lit by a ring of windows over tiled walls; a bending corridor turns the entrance toward Mecca.

Architect
Mohammad-Reza Isfahani
Place
Isfahan, IR
Year
1619
Typology
Religious
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Middle East
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