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Tavazo-e-Bustan Nut Store is located in Bustan shopping center near Punak Square. I was walking in Bustan shopping center that I found this beautiful store. At first I thought maybe it is not a good place for a panorama because of the little space and distance from the camera, but fortunately I decided to give it a try. I love the result.
You can find many different kinds of nuts in the photo, also many chocolates, even drinks such as Rani :) Related Gigapan: Pounak Sq. ( http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=14066 ) Somehow the same: Everything-can-be-found Store! ( http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9577 ) |
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The Azadi Tower (Persian: برج آزادی, Borj-e Azadi meaning in English: Freedom Tower) (previously known as the Shahyād Āryāmehr Persian: شهیاد آریامهر, English: King Memorial Tower) is the symbol of Tehran, Iran, and marks the entrance to the city.
Built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, this "Gateway into Iran" was named the Shahyad Tower (meaning "Remembrance of the Shahs (Kings)") but dubbed Azadi (Freedom) after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is the symbol of the country's revival, and intended to remind coming generations of the achievements of modern Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty. It is 50 metres (148 feet) tall and is completely clad in cut marble. The architect, Hossein Amanat, won a competition to design the monument. Ironically, he practices a religion — the Bahá'í Faith — that is persecuted by the current government. Azadi Tower combines Sassanid and Islamic architecture styles. Amanat also integrated a degree of Baha'i symbology in the design, such as having exactly nine stripes on each side, and exactly nine windows either of the long sides of the building. It is part of the Azadi cultural complex, located in Tehran's Azadi square in an area of some 50,000 m². There is a museum and several fountains underneath the tower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadi_square ________________________________________________________________________________ Two related gigapans: 1. Another photo in Azadi Square: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=4658 2. Beneath the Azadi Tower: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=5860 |
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It was raining and people were running not to get wet (As you see in the first snapshot). *** Worth viewing the photo on Google Earth, just try! |
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I took this panorama while it was snowing. It was a real challenge, but with help of my brother (Parham) and my cousins (Pezhman and Bayan) ((by holding my cap over the camera! Not to get wet)) I finally did it. The result is not bad. The interesting story is that it was 11th of Farvardin (the first month of Persian calendar) and it was snowing while there was only one real snow in Tehran during the last winter.
To find out more about Tochal in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tochal’ http://www.tochal.org/en/ in Persian: http://www.tochal.org/fa/ http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84 |
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This is a 360 panorama showing beautiful carpets and gelims from Carpet & Gelim co. in Valiasr street. I counted more than 60 different carpets and gelims on the wall.
Children of this gigapan: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7417 http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7513 These 3 are nicely matched on Google Earth. Site of the company: http://farshvagelim.com |
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Really worth watching on Google Earth, you feel you're there :) |
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It is the POLAR mode of this 360*180 gigapan: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6002
Unusual on Google Earth! |
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On Friday Morning |
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Geo-coded very carefully, nice on Google earth. |
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In this Gigapan you see people has come out of their homes for shopping. This is the day before the new year in Iran and people are very happy. The cars were almost unable to move in Sattar Khan St, because people are almost everywhere.
Nowrūz (Persian: نوروز /noʊruz/ ↔ [noʊɾuːz]; Kurdish: نهورۆز; with various local pronunciations and spellings, meaning 'New Day') is the traditional Iranian new year holiday celebrated by Iranian people and initiated in Ancient Iran. Apart from Iran, the holiday is celebrated in many other parts of the world (specifically countries or regions that belonged to the Greater Iran such as Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Kurdish southeast of Turkey) including parts of West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia. Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (the start of spring in the northern hemisphere), which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranian, it is also a holy day for Alawites, Alevis, Nizari Ismaili Muslims and adherents of the Bahá'í Faith. (( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz )) |