Aliqapu Palace, Isfahan
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Mohammadreza Domiri GanjiIsfahanArchitecture
02 The place
There is a hall in the last floor of this 6 floor palace called “the music hall”. This hall takes its name for the peculiar Stucco shaped as porcelain jars in its ceiling which produces a strong echo and reflection of sounds in the hall resulting in a louder music in the palace.
Everything is red in this hall,the ceiling,ground and walls.
The Stucco and ornamentations of this hall have a strong resemblance to those of Sheikh Safieddin's house.
03 In his words
Aliqapu, meaning grand doorway in Azeri language, is the name of a palace located in western edge of Naghsh-e-jahan square in Isfahan city, built during Shaah Abbas I of Safavid.
It's unique and glorious repetitive stucco ornaments and it's special architecture style,left me no choice but to stare at the ceiling and try to photograph it as best as I can.
For shooting this photo I was standing exactly in the middle of the music hall and took the photo from above of my head with a wide angle lens.
Mohammadreza Domiri Ganji
05 Related
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06 — Prints & licences
