Baba Taher Mausoleum

Iran


From a similar era to the BuAli Sina (Avicenna) Mausoleum, but architecturally more bizarre, looking like a giant child's sippy cup. There’s little reason to go inside unless you enjoy Persian calligraphy, inscribed here on some gently opalescent stone wall-slabs.


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