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Esfahan, Half of the World
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There are moments in travel that will long stay with you, and your first sight of Esfa-
han's majestic Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square (
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is one of them. For this square is
home to arguably the most majestic collection of buildings in the Islamic world: the per-
fectly proportioned blue-tiled dome of the Masjed-e Shah, the supremely elegant Masjed-e
Sheikh Lotfollah and the indulgent and lavishly decorated Ali Qapu Palace. Robert Byron
ranked '...Isfahan among those rarer places, like Athens or Rome, which are the common
refreshment of humanity'.
Ma sjed-e Sheikh Lotfollah,
Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square
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