Friday 10 October 2014

The 8 day cultural trip to Iran - "Iranian Treasures" - (Day 4 afternoon cont.) - Isfahan, the mausoleum of Harun-e Vilayet - The 19th of September 2014


From the Masjed-e Jâme we made our way towards the shrine and mausoleum of Harun-e Vilayet, having gone across a wide and rather beautiful pedestrian square running along one part of the bazaar.


















Outside a backyard we walked into two huge ceramic tile panels, one of which depicted the faces of Khomeini and the actual spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei "announced" the mausoleum. Fairly close to its entrance another two faces "looked" us in the eyes, presumably depicting imans.
 
 
 
































A fairly small door led us into what is the public part of the Harun-e Vilayet shrine, whose walls are covered in outstanding paintings of Ali, Fatima and their two sons, Hassan and Hosein. I couldn't help admiring these 17th century artistic representations, noting the absence of face in one of the paintings (as in accordance with the islamic representations). 
 
There was some light atmosphere in the chamber we were at, which led to the main tomb chamber of Harun, as a group of adolescents laughed at our visible uneasiness (whether or not to walk with our backs turned to the tombs so as to make our way to the main mausoleum, whose entrance was right in front of them).













 






Once we were out onto the main pedestrian courtyard we had walked around before we started feeling the weight of such a tiring afternoon, in which we hadn't had time to sit, but for less than half an hour for lunch.
 
 

















 

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