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Does this picture feel like eastern Iran?
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Last edited by Lemar; 03-07-2011, 01:00 PM. -
Ok so i was having an argument with my husband in regards to these castle looking homes in herat... we were looking at herat pictures in FB...he kept saying no its not photoshoped they exist, and i kept saying no... now looking at these pictures i realize that they do exist...
they are called "qalaa"... my mom used to talk about our grandad's qalaa in sarpoza kandahar, but i always wondered how afghan qalaas looked like... never thought it would look similar to the castles built in the west... or dipicted in movies...
wow just wow... amazing... so my grandad's qalaa could look like this?... hmmm interesting.Comment
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Yeah they exist, and there are tons of other castles in villages which once used to belong to Khans of that village but sadly most have been damaged.
Last year I visited one which was totally ruined but it was like 200 years old!!!
that Herat fort or qala e Ekhtairuddin is very old! some say its from the time of Alexander the great!Comment
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in the first photo, of the mosaic design, it looks like a bat with it's wings out. it even has the head and eyes.Comment
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i am really amazed. now my desire to visit herat has trippled.Originally posted by Lemar View PostComment
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Thanks for posting, these are gorgeous! I have a close friend from Herat, these made her so homesick!Comment
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Would love to visit herat one day inshallah
From Wiki:
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Museum of war
Mosalla menirates
Tomb of queen Gowharshad
Blue Mosque/Masjed-e hameh
Official complex
Modern built house in Herat
Safi residential complex
Arg-e Herat, Herat's hestoric castle
Kabul bank branch in Herat
A monument in the western entrance of Herat
Khane Jahad
Tomb of Mirwais Sadeq, Afghan late minister of Aviation in Herat
Modern built house in Herat
Safi twins towers
Safi blocks
Park-e mellat (nation) in Herat
Five Star Hotel in Herat
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Yeah my family lives in a Qalaa back home, it's haunted too, pretty creepy. There was a battle around the castle during the British and Afghan war. It was also a military base, my ancestors owned it. We call the castle Qalagai, it's in Ningarhar. There is a section that nobody goes to because you get rocks thrown at you from thin air (it's haunted). It's really scary, but beautiful.Originally posted by Feroza_Banu View PostTrue wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. - SocratesComment
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sure different from when i was there. i don't even recall a 2 story building.
amazing how quickly and dramatically, places can change.Comment
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you say you were in the 1970 that like almost 40 years -_-
what do you expect.....Comment
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1977. some places haven't changed much, that i have been back to after many years.
had no particular expectation just got a suprise. got a problem with that?Comment
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good. ;-)
are you from that area khostai? it is looking amazing.Comment
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^No, I am form Khost :P
BUt I would like to visit the hystorical sites, the new buildings look actualy like crap....Comment
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Very beautiful and interesting city and region. Good to see that people are building and prosper more because Afghanistan has been hit hard with problems.
Especially the masjid al-jumʿa in Herat is beautiful.Comment
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