Rooftops of Masuleh
5x7" / Unframed Print
$32.49
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Rooftops of Masuleh
$32.49
Materials
Fine Art Prints
Premium archival matte fine art paper, 200–230 gsm. Smooth, bright white surface with an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging. Printed with archival inks for accurate color and high-contrast reproduction. FSC-certified sustainable paper.
Framed Prints
Solid wood frame, roughly 0.875″ wide, available in light, black, or white. Protected by shatterproof optical-grade acrylic — lighter and safer than glass, and it ships without risk of breakage. Dry-mounted to foam core with a kraft paper dust cover and hanging wire installed, ready to hang out of the box.
Production
Every piece is made to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse — your print is produced after you order it, at the facility closest to your address. That means it reaches you faster, travels less distance, and arrives with a smaller carbon footprint than something shipped from a single central location.
Masuleh built into the side of a Gilan valley, where the roof of one house is the street for the house above it. Terracotta walls step up the slope in tiers, stairways cut between them, and people cross the rooftops as though they were pavement — because they are.
The village sits around a thousand meters up in the Alborz, above the Caspian lowlands, with forest pressing in on every side. It has stood for roughly a thousand years, made its living from ironwork and trade, and is on Iran's tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage.
- Terraced ochre houses whose flat roofs serve as the courtyard above
- Balconies and shuttered windows in yellow and teal
- Stairways threading between the tiers
- Villagers out on the roofs, and children playing football on one of them
- Forested Alborz ridges rising into mist behind
- ماسوله above in Farsi, MASULEH below
Perfect for
- Gilaki and Rashti families, and the northern diaspora
- Enthusiasts of vernacular architecture and hill towns
- Warm earth-toned rooms that can take a lot of green
- Travel-poster walls and housewarming gifts