The Colors of Iran

The Wild Chronicles is back with another tour of Iran for adventurers who like unusual destinations. This time our theme is "Colors of Iran: The Blue, The Pink, and The Gold."

Naturally, the places we will take you to all tie in with those three colors in the concept. So what are they? Follow along in this post.
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🩵 *** Blue ***

Blue is a color often used in Persian-style mosques. It stands for the sky or the heavens, and the places that represent blue most vividly are:

🕌 The "Shah Mosque" in Isfahan, a masterpiece of Persian Islamic architecture built in the 17th century. Outside, it has a striking domed roof and four minarets. The mosque is part of "Naqsh-e Jahan Square," a World Heritage site.

Inside, it is richly decorated with deep blue tiles, especially the structure called "muqarnas," or honeycomb vaulting, which uses three-dimensional forms so beautifully that it captivates every visitor.

🕌 Another is the "Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque," also in Isfahan. In fact, the two mosques stand close to each other. The Shah Mosque was the public mosque where ordinary people came to worship, while the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque was the royal mosque for the court.

The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque was built around the same time as the Shah Mosque. Its exterior differs slightly: for example, it has no "iwan," the large hall or rectangular space walled on three sides (the Shah Mosque has four), and it looks plainer.

But the decoration is lavish and exquisite. Besides the usual blue interior, the inside of the dome has a unique design of multicolored tiles that looks like a peacock, with light shining down through an opening in the roof at the tail.
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🩷 *** Pink ***

Next is pink. The places connected with pink are:

🕌 The "Pink Mosque" is the nickname of the "Nasir al-Mulk Mosque" in Shiraz. It got its name from its pink tiles, but it is also famous for a prayer hall decorated with stained glass, which turns into beautiful shifting colors when sunlight shines through.

💎 And there is Iran's "National Jewels Treasury," which keeps the gems handed down from the era of the monarchs. Today it is open to the public and is overseen by the Central Bank of Iran. The collection includes two pink diamonds, a rare color among gemstones.
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💎 The first is the "Daria-i-Noor" (Daria-i-Noor), meaning "Sea of Light." It is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing about 182 carats, and is the largest known pink diamond in the world today.

💎 The second is the "Noor-ul-Ain Tiara" (Noor-ul-Ain Tiara), meaning "Light of the Eye." It is a pink diamond of about 60 carats set in the center of the tiara of the same name. The crown is made up of 324 pink, yellow and white diamonds and weighs about 2 kg in total... You could truly call these two stones the mother of all diamonds.
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💛 *** Gold ***

The last color is gold, the color of the grains of sand in a vast desert. Iran already has plenty of deserts and very arid land, but the place we will take you to is:

🏜 The "Varzaneh Desert," a desert close to town, so it is not too rugged. It is ideal for anyone who wants to experience a desert for the first time. We also arrange a picnic with a campfire, sandboarding and stargazing under the open sky.

🏰 But we do not only take you to the golden sands. The program also visits "Persepolis," the ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. In those days the Persian realm stretched far and wide, and many cities, large and small, swore allegiance and had to bring tribute to this city every year.

🏰 Persepolis was a city made by cutting into the mountainside and building up a raised platform covering more than 120,000 sq km. Famous buildings include the "Apadana Palace," with carvings of the many peoples who came to present tribute, and the "Gate of All Nations," a large hall before the palace with huge gateways, statues and inscriptions. All of it reflects Persia's proclamation of power, a realm that once aimed to rule the world!

🩵🩷💛 These three colors are only one example of the route we will take on the Iran trip "Colors of Iran: The Blue, The Pink, and The Gold." If you are looking for a country that few people know yet and want to see it with your own eyes, we guarantee you will be impressed by our tour, which keeps to our concept as always: "a good tour with substance for extraordinary adventurers."

📣 If you are interested in visiting Iran, the land of many colors, with The Wild Chronicles, contact us through any channel!❗️

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