Vank Cathedral, the Christian focal point of the Armenian Church in Iran	Atashkadeh-ye Esfahan An old Sassanian fire temple	The bricked dome of the Taj al-Molk	Decoration within the Jameh (Friday) Mosque
An imposing iwan within the Jameh (Friday) Mosque	Friday and time to relax by the Zayandeh River Esfahan	Crowds by the Khaju Bridge	Evening light on the Shahrestan Bridge
One way to enjoy the sights of the Imam Square Esfahan	Within the Imam Mosque	Ceiling decoration within the Mosque	The Mosque from the Square showing its angled alignment
Looking across Imam Square to the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque	Decoration within the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque	A ceiling in the Ali Qapu Palace with reputedly good acoustic properties	Na'in. Weaving cloth from baby camel wool
A small carpet in the process of being woven	Some samplers	A water reservoir with its attendant badgirs or 'wind towers'	Early brick decoration in the Jameh Mosque at Na'in
One of the Zoroastrian 'Towers of Silence' outside Yazd	The Sacred Eternal Flame in the main Zoroastrian temple	Another water reservoir with its badgirs in Yazd	A view of central Yazd from the top of the Amir Chakhmaq complex
A charity collecting box, frequently seen along Iranian streets	Some local schoolchildren on an outing	Some typically shaded alley-ways in the old part of Yazd	Bread about to go into the tandoori-style oven
The steep flight of stairs up from a 'qanat' or underground fresh water channel	The access point of the qanat	Minarets of the Jameh Mosque in Yazd, at 48m the highest in Iran	Ceiling decoration within the Mosque
...and yet more geometric designs	Some students at the Bagh-e Doulat Abad pavilion in Yazd	A roof space within the pavilion	The badgir of the pavilion, one of the highest in Iran
The front of the Amir Chakhmaq complex in central Yazd	A banner advertising the nearby Zurkhaneh or 'House of Strength'	Some warming-up exercises being performed in the Zurkhaneh	Finally, exercising with the wooden clubs
The Amir Chakhmaq complex at dusk	Barely visible, an access point to a qanat in the desert	The actual access hole to the qanat	An old desert caravanserai

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