Flash <flash472002(-at-)yahoo.com> wrote:

Great panorama, Faramarz! Also enjoyed your
commentary.
It's an impressive sight.

Flash

--- Faramarz Ghahremanifar <iran_3d(-at-)yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://www.3dholy.itgo.com/photo2.html
> The holy city of Mashhad is the administrative
> capital of the Khorasan province.
> The magnificent dome is one of the biggest and the
> most magnificent specimens of Islamic architecture
> in the world . The height of it from the ground to
> the ceiling is 18.80 meters. the second covering of
> the dome is completely covered with golden sheets
> and its height from the ground to the top is 31.20
> meters and the circumference of the dome is 42.10
> meters...............
> 01- On the second covering of dome at the 6.74
> meters height there is an important and beautiful
> Qur'anic inscription in blue colour of 1.90 meters
> breadth on the 42.10 meters circumference of the
> dome inscribed in Thulth script by Ali Reza Abbasi,
> , the famous calligraphist of Safavid period. The
> decoration of the dome was carried out in the year
> 1016 A.H./ 1607 A.D.
> 02- The holy city of Mashhad is the administrative
> capital of the Khorasan province.
> The magnificent dome is one of the biggest and the
> most magnificent specimens of Islamic architecture
> in the world . The height of it from the ground to
> the ceiling is 18.80 meters. the second covering of
> the dome is completely covered with golden sheets
> and its height from the ground to the top is 31.20
> meters and the circumference of the dome is 42.10
> meters.
> 04- At present there are eight magnificent
> minarets in the holy shrine in the memory of Imam
> Reza (A.S.), the eighth Holy Infallible Imam of the
> Shi'ites in the world. The height of these minarets
> is 7.50 meters with a diameter of 1.40 meters.
> 05- Courtyard are the magnificent buildings within
> the holy shrine where the pilgrims perform religious
> services like congregational prayers,anniversary
> ceremonies of martyrdoms and birthdays of the
> Infallible Imams.......
>
>
>
>
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