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The Royal Mosque of Isfahan
Architectures series
Editor(s) of the series: Richard Copans, Stan Neumann
The "Architectures" series highlights a selection of the world's most significant monuments, considering each with regard to its historical and geographical context. Each film pays equal attention to the inside and outside of the building in question.
Director(s): Richard Copans
Scientific advisor(s): Sophie Makariou
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2007
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Marie Guirauden, Florence Gilles, Les Films d’Ici
Co-producer(s)
ARTE, Musée d’Orsay, DAPA, Cité de l’architecture, Musée du Louvre
The early 17th-century Royal Mosque in Isfahan—a masterpiece of Persian architecture—resembles a petrified garden on a desert plateau. Oriented toward Mecca, it is a clearly religious edifice that is also a gathering place for the people of the town.
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