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- with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called pishtaq, a Persian term for a portal projecting from the facade of a building,...
- finial. Each side of the iwan is framed with a 33-metre (108 ft) high pishtaq (vaulted archway) with two similarly shaped arched balconies stacked on...
- finished and the architect put an end to the project. The external portal, or Pishtaq, as well as the portals opening onto the interior courtyard are covered...
- the Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square. The corners are flanked by high minarets....
- featuring golden finials. The facade of the prayer hall features a grand pishtaq in the centre, flanked by five smaller, cusped archways on either side...
- earliest dated example of a pishtaq, with it becoming a staple of Islamic architecture. It has been proposed that the pishtaq developed further with the...
- motif. Eight pishtaq arches define the space at ground level. As is typical with the exterior, each lower pishtaq is crowned by a second pishtaq about midway...
- in keeping with Islamic tradition. Its facade is dominated by a grand pishtaq, which contains three arched entryways. Three domes rise from the roof...
- Pishtac (possibly from Ancash Quechua for slaughterer, is a 5,095-metre-high (16,716 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region...
- iwans. The outer iwan, facing Registan square, has a huge 35-foot tall pishtaq (twice the height of the rest of the building) and occupies two thirds...