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Isfahan – Half the World

.Reading time 6 minutes.

The beautiful and colorful Iranian city of Isfahan (also known as Esfahan) sits on the north bank of the Zayandeh River, roughly 210 miles south of Tehran, the capital of Iran.  The city of Isfahan is one of the most important centers of architecture in the Islamic world.  Its famous Maydan-e Emam (Imam’s Square) was designated a […]

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Amazing Religious Buildings

.Reading time 9 minutes.

‘Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.’ Mario Botta (Architect) Architecture does not teach us what the sacred is, but it may touch it and draw others to it. Its responsibility to the sacred is, therefore, truly solemn. Architecture interprets holiness and offers it to the […]

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