The view from my "office"

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Todays Iranian office was Natanz, between Isfahan and Tehran.

Entering the town, there are photos of the martyrs from the area who died in the Iran-Iraq war. Every town, big or small has these in one position or another.

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We got views of this memorial high up on an adjacent mountain. A King (Shah) in the 17th century had it built on the death of his favourite wife child falcon. :eek:

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The main feature to visit in Natanz was a mausoleum (pointy roof) and adjacent mosque (single minaret, showing it is extremely old).

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From other postings, you would had an indication of the beautiful tile work at these types of places. Here is Natanz:

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Our tour guide, very experienced and with a good command of English (and humour), said that the tiles were available for viewing, but you had to go a long way - to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Cue embarrassed shoe shuffling from the Brits in the tour (the majority). It was all taken with good humour. :)
 
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Daver6 said:
Careful what USB devices you plug into your computer while in Natanz ;)
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Yes ... we had a "No photos here, please" from the guide as we passed the Natanz nuclear facility - its pretty close to the highway, some way out of Natanz. I think there was only 3 such 'no photos' moments on the entire trip.
 
Last stop on the tour was the Iranian Jewels Museum, deep in the basement of the Iranian Central Bank. No photos - in fact no metal object or anything on your person except wallet.

Untold $mills of diamonds and other jewels in crowns, tiaras, thrones, you name it; took us an hour to get around it.

Two samples from pics in a guidebook I bought:

World globe, 1870s; 34kg of gold, 3.6kg of gems in 51,000 pieces. Oceans in emeralds; most countries in rubies (except Iran, England and France in diamonds); Nth America at top right in this view. Of course they left Tasmania off the bloody map (also NZ). :mad:

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Crown used by the last Shah and his father:

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I can't get it to show, but this link should be a Youtube video of the crowning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcvw0jvewR0

For those who have seen the Russian jewels collection within the Armoury at the Kremlin, this isn't quite as big a collection, but gives it a good shake!
 

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