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Kaashaan: A Visual Journey To Historic Cities Of Iran Vollume II

Kaashaan: A Visual Journey To Historic Cities Of Iran Vollume II

Paperback

General Architecture

ISBN13: 9798461994716
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 4 2021
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.30 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Kaashaan is a historic city of Iran, which lies about 150 miles southeast of Tehran. The historic cities of Iran, founded centuries ago, host many features of the indigenous architecture of Iran. The indigenous ( or the clay) architecture
of Iran is a unique architectural genre characterized by the use of mud-bricks as well as dome-like roofs for the ceilings. Traditional tiles and tile-works, furthermore, are used for the interior and exterior decorations of the buildings. Although there are many historic cities in Iran, seven of them are selected in this series. They include: Kermaan City, Kaashaan, Naaein (Naa-een), Shiraaz, Persepolis, Isfahaan City, and Yazd City.

Because of a modernization process in Iran from about 1950s, however, the clay architecture in Iran, as well as

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