Shiraaz

Shiraaz is a historic city in Iran which is located about 600 miles south of Tehran. The date of the foundation of this city is about 500 B.C. when Persepolis ( about 30 miles northeast of Shiraaz) was selected to be the Capital of the Persian Empire.Shiraaz is a modern city with many modern buildings. In the old section of the city, however, features of the indigenous (or clay) architecture are present, such as the Jam'a mosque, traditional houses, baazaars, dome and arch by...
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Shiraaz is a historic city in Iran which is located about 600 miles south of Tehran. The date of the foundation of this city is about 500 B.C. when Persepolis ( about 30 miles northeast of Shiraaz) was selected to be the Capital of the Persian Empire.Shiraaz is a modern city with many modern buildings. In the old section of the city, however, features of the indigenous (or clay) architecture are present, such as the Jam'a mosque, traditional houses, baazaars, dome and arch by mud-bricks, clay, koochehes (narrow alleyways), and the Arg-e Karim Khan (or Karim Khan's Citadel).Because of a modernization process in Iran from about 1950s, however, the clay architecture in Iran, as well as in Shiraaz, has been abandoned and historic buildings and structures have been demolished to be replaced by apartment complexes and by modern buildings made up of metal skeleton and concrete blocks.The present series seeks to collect images of the survived, architectural features in the historic cities of Iran before they are completely wiped out in a modernization process.Volume IV of this series invites viewers to A Visual Journey To Shiraaz for a review of the samples of the clay ( indigenous) architecture in this historic city.