The Naranjistan of Shiraz is a garden and pavilion located in the center of Shiraz that was once part of a larger residential complex. The residence belonged to the Qavam family, who built it between 1879 and 1886. Ebrahim Khan-e-Qavam, the original patron and owner of the complex, is known to have designed the buildings in collaboration with a master mason. Qavam was the prime minister during the reign of the Qajar kings Aqa Muhammad Khan (1796-1797) and Fath Ali Shah (1797-1834).

The Naranjistan is composed as a walled rectangular garden with a pavilion at its northernmost edge. This pavilion is the biruni of a larger residential complex, with the function of receiving guests and serving as a place for reception and celebration.
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Shiraz city are quite known as city of tyranny, with many of terror striking it, but don’t you know that Shiraz city is also the hometown of two of Iran’s greatest poets Saadi and Hafez.

Although Iran is a religion country which Islam as the center of the culture and foundation of the country, but there also some church in there. These two churches are worth to visit. These two are located in Shiraz which are Armenian Church and the Church of St. Simon.

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Culture and religion, both two things got great relationship thousand years ago, one of the proof is Zeyrek Camii Mosque.
Zeyrek Camii Mosque is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey who previously served as a church, Church of Pantocrator. The church used to be one of the important historic sites in the Byzantine period.

Dedicated to St. Saviour Pantocrator, this church was founded by the Empress Eirene, wife of John II Comnenus, who completed the southern part of the church before his death in 1124. He was also the first person buried here (sarkofagusnya then moved in 1960 to the Museum of Archaeology. But now in the exonarthex, Ayasofya, Turkey).

As quoted from Sacred-destinations, Thursday (25/08/2011), the northern part of the church was then added by Emperor John II Comnenus after the death of Eirene. The church was dedicated to the Virgin Eleousa. The emperor also has other churches that are connected via a chapel between the northern and southern churches.
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Kairaouine Mosque (Djemaa el Kairaouine) in the city of Fes is the second largest mosque in Morocco (after Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca new). Section mosque tower built in the year 956 and is the oldest Islamic building in Fes.

As quoted from Sacred-destinations, this mosque is also the holiest mosque in Morocco that regulate the timing of all the festivals of Islam that is in place. Kairaouine Mosque established in 857 by Fatima al-Fihri, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from the holy city of Kairouan in Tunisia. Fatima and her sister, Mariam, inherited a lot of money from their father, and Fatima vowed to spend all of it at a mosque suitable for the Tunisian community in Fes.

Its present form is largely reconstructed 10th-century under Caliph of Cordoba, Abd Er Rahman III, and reconstruction of the 12th century under royal Almoravids.
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The uniqueness of Isfahan as the cultural assets of the Middle East, could not be separated from an extremely long history. Since centuries ago, Isfahan continues to experience a cultural change with passing many old buildings architecture of Islamic culture. Among these are the Friday Mosque and the House Chahar Bagh.

Friday Mosque is considered the oldest mosque in Isfahan. The mosque was first built in 138 Hijri, at approximately the Seljuk Dynasty when it defeated a descendant of Genghis Khan dynasty. The mosque is located adjacent to a clearing known as the Green Field, Darsdasth. As well as the Friday Mosque, Chahar Bagh House, including one very old buildings.

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