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Bagh-e Eram

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The peaceful Bagh-e Eram, a garden with a Qajar place inside, is a wonderful place for an afternoon.

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Masjed-e Nasir al-Molk

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The Masjed-e Nasir al-Molk, or Pink Mosque, of Shiraz provides not only beautifully mosaiced decoration of iwans and ceilings, but also spectacular colours through its stained-glass windows.

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Khan-e Zinat ol-Molk

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Khan-e Zinat ol-Molk is another Qajar-era Shiraz home, full of mirrors and stained glass.

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Naranjestan-e Qavam

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Naranjestan-e Qavam is one of those fabulous, lavishly decorated Qajar-era houses.

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Madraseh-ye Khan

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The Madraseh-ye Khan is a Safavid-era religious school, seemingly the perfectly peaceful surrounding for teaching

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Masjed-e Vakil

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The large Masjed-e Vakil, next to the bazaar of the same name in Shiraz, is an impressive Zand dynasty structure.

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Arg-e Karim Khan

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Arg-e Karim Khan is the main Zand-dynasty castle in Shiraz, elegant on the inside yet imposing from the outside.

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23. the shrines

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There are several shrines in Shiraz; the ones we visited were, at least for us, the uninitiated, rather underwhelming

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22. Shiraz

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Shiraz is very much the product of 18th Century Karim Khan Zand, who is resposible for most of the present-day sight; nice, but somehow, I didn't connect to the town, as in other places in Iran

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