Pigeon tower outside Isfahan on the road to Yazd |
Pigeon tower, originally used to collect droppings for fertilizer |
The road from Isfahan to Naein and Yazd |
Village with a watchtower on the Isfahan-Naein highway |
Caravanserai |
Pasdaran of Naein (religious militia) |
Naein Tourist Inn |
Restaurant at the Naein Tourist Inn |
Naein Tourist Inn, built in the style of a caravanserai |
Traditional house, Naein |
Iranians camp everywhere during No Ruz |
Jame Mosque of Naein, 10th Century |
Jame Mosque of Naein |
Minaret, Jameh Mosque, Naein |
Jame Mosque of Naein |
Entrance, Jameh Mosque, Naein |
Part of the Jameh Mosque complex, Naein |
Part of the Jameh Mosque complex |
Windtower and the Jameh Mosque minaret, Naein |
Jameh Mosque, Naein |
Jameh Mosque, Nain |
Water vessel near the Jameh Mosque |
Courtyard, Jameh Mosque, Na'in |
Courtyard, Jameh Mosque |
Jameh Mosque interior |
Detail of a pillar in Naein's Jameh Mosque |
The name of Ali |
Jameh Mosque, Naein |
Lower level of the Jameh Mosque |
Mud brick fort, Naein |
Mud brick fort, Naein |
Mud brick fort, Naein |
Ab Anbar, an underground cistern, ventilated by windtowers, badgirs |
Cistern and fort, Naein |
Windtowers with the small mudbrick fort of Naein near the Jameh Mosque |
Ab Anbar and fort, Naein |
Fort, Nain |
Fort, Na'in |
Ehsan, a boy from Naein on his bike |
Ehsan comes back with his brother Yahya |
Ehsan |
Yahya |
Ehsan |
Ehsan posing with the fort of Naein |
Ehsan and Yahya wave goodbye |
alssalama alika ya aba abdullah al-hussein |
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Mohammadie district of Naein |
Ab Anbar (cister) Naein-Mohammadie |
Ab Anbar (cister) Nain-Mohammadie |
Underground workshops, Naein-Mohammadie |
Weavers work underground to escape the heat of summer and cold of winter |
Weaver at work on a loom making a rough heavy cloth |
Weaver at work, Na'in |
Weaving loom, Naein |
The larger citidel (ghaleh) of Naein at Mohammadie |
Na'in Castle (Narin Galeh) |
Nain Castle (Narin Galeh) parts of which are said to be 2000 years old |
Rooftops of Naein seen from the ruins of Naein Castle |
Street at the base of Naein Castle |
Naein street sign |
Naein Castle seen from the distance |
Naein Castle seen from the distance |
Camel crossing the the desert between Naein and |
Caravanserai between Naein and Ardakan |
Shah Abbas the Great built a system of 999 caravanserais in Persia |
Caravanserai |
Each caravanserai is approximiately 30-50 km from the next |
Corner tower of a caravanserai |
Melting mud brick wall |
Camels in an adjacent ruin |
Caravanserai |
Nogonbad Caravanserai |
Caravanserai courtyard |
This particular caravanserai between Naein and Aqda/Ardakan has 2 main compounds |
Caravanserai |
This second compound served as the stables |
Caravanserai |
Caravanserai tower |
Caravanserai in the desert |
Caravanserai |
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The symbol of the Islamic Republic is a stylized version of the word الله Allah |
Another caravanserai just outside Aqda between Nain and Ardakan |
Another caravanserai just outside Aqda between Nain and Ardakan |
Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
Aqda, Iran (Aegheda) |
Iranian traffic police checkpoint during No Ruz |
He's a cartoon character used in Iran to represent bad drivers |
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Roadside mosque between Aqda and Ardekan |
Turnoff for Mashad, over 1000 km away |
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