1.   He left her collapsed just outside the courtyard gate.

2.   Iranian artisans are painstakingly repairing the complex, and outside its courtyard gate a bulldozer and a pile of rubble testify to more Tamerlane memorials ahead.

3.   Pumpkins perch atop courtyard gates and heavy bundles of corn hang from the eaves.

4.   Sometimes a burble of voices comes from behind courtyard gates, showing that someone still lives in Pec.