Back in Shiraz, there were a couple of sites visited, with the last one being the Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad shrine. He was an 11th century figure and founder of the Druze sect. I looked that up but its waaaaay too complicated for me!
Its a mosque as well as a shrine, with the usual courtyard and dome. The courtyard was paved with memorials to people going back centuries, same as you find in Christian churches.
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This was a rare place where the ladies had to cover up more than the headscarf ( an extra body wrap which was available at the entrance) and also there were separate men and women entrances to the shrine area.
Inside the shrine was simply stunning and something quite unexpected. All the walls and ceilings were composed of umpteen hundreds of thousands of pieces of mirror pieces put together in intricate patterns and lit with white and green light. Photos cannot begin to capture the effect, but here's a try. The grilled enclosure is over the spot where the body is buried, some depth below. All the other surfaces are mirror-work.
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This is what the mirror-work looks like up close:
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More areas of the shrine:
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Wow factor : 99% !