- 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...
-
architectural framework. The
entrance is
located on the
southeast side
through a
pishtaq,
leading to a long iwan that
opens onto an open
rectangular courtyard....
- 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 façade 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...
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entrance archways, with the
central one
being set
within a high
pishtaq. The
pishtaq features Persian inscriptions (largely
praising the rule of Shah...
- 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...
-
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...
