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The three-storey façade of the takieh in the Amir Chakhmaq Complex.
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A traditional door with two door knockers, the one on the left for men, the other for women.
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The towering entrance portal and minarets of the 14th century Jameh Mosque.
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The stunning tile work inside the Jameh Mosque.
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Rooftop view over the city, the minarets of the Jameh Mosque in the centre.
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Another view across the city in the late evening sunshine.
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Myself standing on the roof of the Husseinia shrine.
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Gathering a crowd outside our hotel as we negotiated with a taxi driver.
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Some of the students we met when we visited an English language college.
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Paul and myself enjoying dinner and a few bottles of Fanta at the Hamum-e Khan Restaurant.
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Badgirs, or windtowers, which dominate the skyline, an early form of air-conditioning
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The covered bazaar.
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The gold and silver market in the bazaar.
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Hard at work negotiating for a carpet (the one in the middle), which I finally bought after two and a half hours of haggling.
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The Zoroastrian fire temple, Ateshkadeh.
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The Zoroastrian Towers of Silence, at the edge of town, where the dead were brought and their bones picked clean by vultures.
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Indiana Geoff and the Towers of Silence.
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The mountains surrounding Yazd.
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