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26 February 2025

A view of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Shah Abbas I commissions the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan, which represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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26 February 2025

A view of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Shah Abbas I commissions the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan, which represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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26 February 2025

A young Iranian woman visits the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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26 February 2025

A veiled Iranian woman visits the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098602

26 February 2025

Two young Iranian women visit the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098604

26 February 2025

A foreign tourist takes photographs with his cellphone of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098606

26 February 2025

An Iranian family visits the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in the historic city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098607

26 February 2025

Two Iranian women visit the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098608

26 February 2025

An Iranian man and his veiled daughter look at the tileworks during their visit to the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098609

26 February 2025

An Iranian man and his veiled daughter look at the tileworks during their visit to the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098611

26 February 2025

An Iranian schoolboy uses his cellphone while sitting in a corridor of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098614

26 February 2025

Two young Iranian women visit the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098618

26 February 2025

A foreign tourist takes photographs with his cellphone of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. Distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard, it serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098641

26 February 2025

An interior view of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. It is distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard and serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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#12098644

26 February 2025

An interior view of the Sheikh Lotfollah historical Mosque in Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 20, 2025. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan represents a pinnacle of Safavid architectural achievement. It is distinguished by its absence of minarets and courtyard and serves as a private oratory. The structure exhibits exceptional tilework and calligraphy, culminating in a dome that displays a remarkable chromatic variance. This mosque stands as a significant historical and artistic monument within Naqsh-e Jahan Square.

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7 January 2025

A figurant participates in the Living Nativity in Palombaio, a hamlet of Bitonto, Italy, on January 6, 2025. The Palombaio Living Nativity, which has the patronage of the Municipality of Bitonto and the President of the Region of Puglia, is animated by dozens of figurants who re-enact traditional crafts, the cave of the nativity, and the little Bethlehem of two thousand years ago. It is made possible by the unceasing efforts of volunteers from the Maria Santissima Immacolata parish and the Anspi oratory ''San Gaspare Bertoni.''

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