Attractions Isfahan
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Boardwalk / Promenade / Street
Si-o-seh Bridge
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The Si-o-Seh Bridge takes its name from the Farsi words for "thirty three" because it has 33 lower arches. It was built in the early 1600s at the instigation of Shah Abbas, the man responsible for most of the best known sites in Isfahan. The bridge is built on a series of pontoons. The lower level of the bridge has the 33 arches and above each there are many more. The total length of the bridge is just short of 300m long and is approx 14m wide. Walkers can use the central broad path or smaller
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Church / Cathedral / Monastery
Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque
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The Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque is situated on one side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square (also known as Imam Square), directly opposite the Ali Qapu Palace. It was named for Sheikh Lotfallah, a clergyman from South Lebanon who married a daughter of Shah Abbas the Great (during whose reign the mosque was built). He was a major promoter of the Shia religion in Iran and the Shah built a mosque of exceptional beauty to impress the listeners and followers who came to hear his son-in-law. Some people call t
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Imam Square
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Naghsh-e Jahan Square - or as it's commonly called 'Imam Square' - is the true heart of the city of Isfahan. Ranked as the world's 6th largest city square (it's about 4 times the size of Moscow's Red Square), it covers approximately 90000 square meters. It was built in the time of Shah Abbas as the focal point for his new capital city. The name Naghsh-e Jahan literally means 'The Pattern of the World'. The square is a rectangular open space with four major attractions symmetrically placed aroun
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Palace / Castle
The Palace of 40 Pillars
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The 40-Column Palace has, ironically, just 20 columns on the veranda. The name is believed to come from the building being reflected in the long pool in front of it - thus doubling the number of columns. When it was built in the 17th Century, the palace was used by Shah Abbas for entertaining and receiving visitors - indeed, when the Queen and Prince Philip visited Isfahan in the time of the Shah, they were accommodated in this building (with Philip getting the room with the 'erotic' frescoes).
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Ali Qapu Palace
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Ali Qapu is Azeri Turkish for 'Sublime Gate'. The palace sits on the Imam Square (Naghsh-e Jahan ) at the heart of Isfahan city and is located directly opposite the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque.
It was built for Shah Abbas at the end of the 16th / start of the 17th Century for use as a ceremonial palace for entertaining guests. It is six stories high (48m) with a large balcony from which the Shah and his guests would have watched Polo matches being played in the square. The upper floors were design
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Church / Cathedral / Monastery
Imam Mosque
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The Imam Mosque, also called the Royal Mosque, is situated on the south side of Imam Square and, like the square itself, is registered with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It was built in the 17th Century at the order of Shah Abbas. The entrance is through a doorway off the square which stands 27m high with two minarets of 42m height.
To get to the mosque you walk through a 'dog-leg' corridor to find the building which is laid out in classical Persian style, with 4 Eiwan (vaulted halls) set s
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Friday Mosque
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The site of the Friday Mosque in Isfahan has been of religious importance since around 400AD when a Zoroastrian fire temple was present on the site. It became an early Islamic mosque in the 8th Century and the mosque that stands there today contains elements of all the successive architectural periods since. It has been damaged by earthquakes, fires and Scud missiles during its history. Over time it developed into a classic 4-corner Persian mosque.
On entering, visitors go through the southern
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