Darb-e Imam

The shrine of Darb-e Imam (Persian: امامزاده درب امام‎), located in the Dardasht quarter of Isfahan, Iran, is a funerary complex, with a cemetery, shrine structures, and courtyards belonging to different construction periods and styles. The first structures were built by Jalal al-Din Safarshah, during the Qara Qoyunlu reign in 1453.

The girih tiles

Girih tile subdivision found in the decagonal girih pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-e Imam shrine

Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt have studied Islamic tiling patterns, called girih tiles. They strongly resemble Penrose tilings, to which the designs on the Darb-e Imam shrine are almost identical.

See also

• Azulejo

References

• Lu P. J. & Steinhardt P. J.. Science, 315. 1106–1110 (2007)

External links

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