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    Posted: 19-Jan-2005 at 10:25

i have been to india more than 19 times and never seen these temples

well i like the palace of the mahrajah in mysor 

they didnt allow us to see tebo sultan's palace that day

also islamic architectures in india are most famouse than any other.

 

 

 

 

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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Jan-2005 at 11:53

Kashan, the city of thousand and one nights:

Yazd, the largest mud city in the world:



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  Quote Gorkhali Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-Jan-2005 at 08:57
i have been to india more than 19 times and never seen these temples

well i like the palace of the mahrajah in mysor 

they didnt allow us to see tebo sultan's palace that day

also islamic architectures in india are most famouse than any other.


Wow, 19 times!  You've probably seen a lot more of India than I have.  

You're right about Muslim architecture being the most famous in India... when you ask the average person here in the U.S., the only Indian building they've heard of is the Taj Mahal.

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  Quote azimuth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Jan-2005 at 09:30

Cyrus what do call these type of buildings?

 

 

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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Jan-2005 at 11:16

Those are some Badgirs or Wind Towers, they are used mostly in the desert cities to cool water and is a very efficient ventilation system allowing air to circulate within the houses, these are two types Badgirs that I visited in Mahan and Sirjan:


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  Quote Exarchus Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Jan-2005 at 13:28
I posted the first picture of the bagdir in a forum on architecture. I gave you credit of course for this picture.
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  Quote azimuth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Jan-2005 at 07:53

alot of Iranians came to the Arabian coasts in the begining of the 19th century and they build alot of Badgirs

we call it Barejeel i know it is wrong and the Iranian is the correct name

but we have alot of it and it is considered part of UAE culture type of buildings

 

 

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  Quote Capt. Lubber Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Feb-2005 at 23:45
We don't have many impressing buildings here, but we have old medieval stave-churches!





The one underneath is my favourite. Borgund stave church. It was built in 1180, and is still in use!

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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 01:26
Interesting, it seems to be Chinese!
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  Quote Jorsalfar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 07:17

Capt. Lubber

why not post a picture of the Nidaros Cathedral.

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  Quote Styrbiorn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 10:22
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri

Interesting, it seems to be Chinese!


It's native though. It's a shame most stave churches (and the remaining ones looks like bloody sheds) in Sweden were replaced with stone versions.

There really aren't much to see architecture-wise here, due to the general poorness of the country. All historical building efforts went into the churches, which was oftem built by the peasants themselves. Some are quite neat though, but little that compares to the continental cathedrals. Some pics:
I like the brick architecture too, of some reason.

http://www.skelleftea.org/forening/burehem/Kyrka-ny2.jpg




Some more modern stuff.
Parliament.


Turning Torso, our first real skyscraper.


Perhaps somewhat misplaced Thai pavillion.


Drottningholm castle


Kalmar, with medieval castle and the land bridge, once the world's longest.


Some military stuff.
An old donjon to keep the evil Russians at bay.


Bohus castle. Never fell.


And industrial.
Still working mast crane from the Napoleonic era.


17th century ironworks. Still functional.




I almost forgot, the most Swedish architectural thing there is, and the most important one at that...






...the (red) cottages & blockhouses!





I believe this house was a century old already when Gustav Vasa hid there when fleeing from the Danes.
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  Quote Capt. Lubber Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 10:34
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Capt. Lubber


why not post a picture of the Nidaros Cathedral.




I think the stave churches look alot nicer, the stone cathedrals have no charm. But aaaaight





Doesn't look that shabby

Edit: The Varnhem church looked good Styrbiorn

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  Quote sinosword Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 11:19

Some of Chinese

Teng Wang Ge 

Tian Tan  ̳

some corners of Su Zhou Yuan Lin  ԰

Qing Si Ta 



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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 12:47

It's native though.

But that is not an usual church, I think there is a Chinese Influence, like this Il-Khanid mosque in Iran:

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  Quote Styrbiorn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 13:08
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri

It's native though.


But that is not an usual church, I think there is a Chinese Influence, like this Il-Khanid mosque in Iran/P]



Yes, it is a common church, and the building technology is completely native. No Chinese influence whatsoever. Let's imagine the actually did Chinese use similar building techniques (they didn't, afaik) - just how do you believe it would have have been teleported to Norway? No similar thing is to be found in any neighbouring land.
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  Quote Infidel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 13:33

Yes, it definitely looks chinese influenced.

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  Quote Jorsalfar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 13:41

styrbiorn

what is the name of that church made of white stone?

It looks really nice.

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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 14:24

just how do you believe it would have have been teleported to Norway?

Maybe by mongols!

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  Quote Jorsalfar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 14:52

the stavechurches were built before the mongols came to europe.

And they themselves never came to Norway.

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  Quote sinosword Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Feb-2005 at 14:52
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri

just how do you believe it would have have been teleported to Norway?

Maybe by mongols!

Are these Nepalese or Sikkim architectures?

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