Cultural Blog #7

[Roman Abdul Satar]

The Persian culture is very famous for its art. Their culture is very closely connected with its art. In Iran there are outstanding work of unique blue mosques. In this blog I will be talking about the Blue Mosque in Tabriz, the third largest city in Iran. The Blue Mosque was begun in 1611 an took 18 years to complete. It was built on the order of Jahan Shah, who made Tabriz the capital of his Kingdom. After his death the complex was completed under the supervision of Aziz-e-Din-Qapuchi in 1465 A.D. The mosque was severely damaged in an earthquake in 1778, leaving only the entrance iwan. The mosque was reconstructed at early 1900 by Iranian ministry of culture.

The mosque named as Blue Mosque because blue tiles were used to cover the building, most of the these tiles have been deteched by earthquakes.