Everything is blue or turquoise - all of the mosques are tiled with blue
mosaics. Wiki says The color *Persian blue* is named from the blue color
of some Persian pottery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iranian_pottery&action=edit&redlink=1>
and the color of tiles <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tile> used in
and on mosques
and palaces <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_architecture> in Iran
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> and in other places in the Middle East.
*Persian blue* is a representation of the color of the mineral lapis lazuli
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_lazuli> which comes from Persia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> and Afghanistan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan>. (The color azure
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_(color)> is also named after the
mineral lapis lazuli.)
The first recorded use of *Persian blue* as a color name in English
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language> was in 1669.
Thanks!
Tina
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Everything looks so blue - is it the infamous M9 cast or the real colours
> of Iran (I know blue is nearly sacred out there)
>
> Have fun, I enjoy every pixel of what you post, thanks Tina
>
> Ph
>
>
> Le 11 mai 2016 à 20:23, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > We stayed in some interesting places in Iran, mostly reserved ahead of
> time
> > by Travel the Unknown, but several that our guide knew about, too. One
> > hotel that we knew we wanted to stay in was one we had stayed in 40 years
> > ago. Then it was the Shah Abbas, now it is the Abbasi Hotel - an old
> > caravanserai converted to a hotel in Isfahan. This is Tom on the balcony
> > of our room:
> >
> >
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000zc6Q0zsiorc
> >
> > He is writing in his journal, where all of the information about all of
> the
> > photos and everybody's name is recorded. I could never label my photos
> > without Tom's journal. He's a pretty good assistant after 50 years of
> > training ;-)
> >
> > Tina
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