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![4252861259.jpg](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KXrnxc_2_rc/TVpe4A8WD3I/AAAAAAAABiM/sAXGxbjqOqU/w1000/4252861259.jpg "Isfahan is located on the main north-south and east-west routes crossing Iran, and was once one of the largest cities in the world. It flourished from 1050 to 1722, particularly in the 16th century under the Safavid dynasty, when it became the capital of Persia for the second time in its history. Even today, the city retains much of its past glory. It is famous for its Islamic architecture, with many beautiful boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, mosques, and minarets. This led to the Persian proverb "'Esfahn nesf-e jahn ast" (Isfahan is half of the world).Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque (Masjed-e Sheikh Lotf-o-llah in Persian or ) or Ladies' Mosque is one of the architectural masterpieces of Safavid Iranian architecture, standing in eastern part Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran. It was built in 1615 by the orders of Shah Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty. The architect (Mimar) of the edifice was Muhammad Reza ibn Ustad Hosein Banna Isfahani. He finished construction of the")
![1692109423.jpg](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0Dd9A7FmYqQ/TVpe_jaIrsI/AAAAAAAABiY/yJs5lSXdS88/w1000/1692109423.jpg "side chamber to the southern dome of the friday mosque, masjid-i-jami, morning light filtered through a brick lattice window.what looks like the corner of a groin vault is really the complex transition from pointed arches to a simple dome. a plan of the mosque in arthur upham pope's "introducing persian architecture" counts almost 500 individual bays of domes and vaults.the fine articulation of the individual parts of the dome are typical of what one might call the analytical side of islamic architecture. this quality, so appealing to a modernist sensibility, is related to the gothic but predates it by centuries. the friday mosque has been called an encyclopedia of persian architecture as more than 900 years of building history is collected here. the newest part we saw was the recent reconstruction of several vaults after the mosque took a direct hit during the iran-iraq war.<br> © seier+seier<br>Photo selected by <a href=\"http://bitofinspiration.com\"> bitofinspiration")
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