Ganj Ali Khan Bath in Kerman :
This monument is located in Kerman city that I visited a couple of years ago .
I hope you like it .
Persian architecture...no doubt about it
we also have Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur ,ex lent example of Persian architecture
i have visited this place , today Dolby digital is fail ,it is specially famous for eco and sound effect ,you could imagine without technology,only with structure how they creates special effect for sound
Gol Gumbaz or
Gol Gumbadh,
Kannada: ಗೋಲ ಗುಮ್ಮಟ,
Urdu: گول گمبد, from
Persianگل گنبذ
Gol Gombadh meaning "rose dome", (a reference to the flower/rose/lotus petals that surround the dome at its base, making it appear as a budding rose)-- is the
mausoleum of
Mohammed Adil Shah,
Sultan of Bijapur. The tomb, located in
Bijapur, Karnataka in
India, was completed in 1656 by the
architectYaqut of Dabul. Although "impressively simple in design", it is the "structural triumph of
Deccan architecture
The structure is composed of a cube, 47.5 metres (156 ft) on each side, capped by a
dome 44 m (144 ft) in external diameter. "Eight intersecting arches created by two rotated squares that create interlocking
pendentives" support the dome. At each of the four corners of the cube, is a dome-capped octagonal tower seven stories high with a staircase inside.
[1] The upper floor of each opens on to a round gallery which surrounds the dome. Inside the mausoleum hall, is a square podium with steps on each side. In the middle of the podium, a
cenotaph slab on the ground marks the actual grave below, "the only instance of this practice" in the architecture of the
Adil Shahi Dynasty. In the middle of the north side, "a large semi-octagonal bay" protrudes out.
[1] With an area of 1,700 m2 (18,000 sq ft),
[2]the mausoleum has one of the biggest single chamber spaces in the world.
Running around the inside of the dome is the "Whispering Gallery" where even the softest sound can be heard on the other side of the mausoleum due to the acoustics of the space.[2]
