Historical attractions Isfahan

Aghanoor mosque

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In the District Esfahan’s Dardasht there is mosque This place designed with four porch that according to traditions Iranian architecture AqaNoor Mosque entries are located in the northern and eastern sides of the mosque and connected through the streets around the Dardasht’s marke...

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Ali Qapu

Ali Qapu

At the west of Maidane Immam (Naghsh-e Jahan), just in front of the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque one, of the most magnificent palaces of 17th century is located. The Ali Qapu palace is well-known palace all over Iran. The first part of palace was built in 1597. It was used as a residential...

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Aligholi agha bath

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Angourestan malek

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Ashtarjan Mosque

Ashtarjan Mosq...

Jameh Mosque Of Ashtarjan is a mosque in Ashtarjan, Iran, located 36 kilometers south-west of Isfahan. Commissioned by an Ilkhanid administrator from Ashtarjan and dated by two separate inscriptions to 1315–16, this mosque has survived in excellent condition. Construction appears to ...

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Atashgah Fire temple of Isfahan

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The Fire temple of Isfahan is a Sassanid-era archaeological complex located on a hill of the same name about eight kilometers west of City Center of Isfahan, Iran. The hill, which rises about 210 meters above the surrounding plain, was previously called Maras or Marabin after a village...

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Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane minaret ( BaghoushKhaneh )

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Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane minaret is a historical minaret in Isfahan, Iran. This minaret dates back to the 14th century. In the olden days it was in the neighborhood of the old city gate. Because of its proximity to the tomb of Ali-ebn-e-Sahl it is also known as Ali-ebn-e-Sahl minaret. Its n...

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Chaharbagh School

Chaharbagh Sch...

Chahār Bāgh school (Madreseye Chahār Bāgh in Persian ), also known as Shah school, is a 16-17th century cultural complex in Isfahan, Iran. The compound was built during Soltan Hossein, a Safavid king, to serve as a theological and clerical school to train those who were interested in...

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Chehel Sotun (fourty poles)

Chehel Sotun (...

Several palaces were built in Isfahan, during Safavid era few of them have survived. Even those which have survived were severely damaged. The palace of Chehel Sotun (palace of 40 pillars) is located in a vast beautiful garden. The original garden was larger than now. The present gard...

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Darozziafe minarets

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Decorative Art Museum of Chahar Bagh Palace

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Rakib Khane historical building is one of the ancient monuments of Isfahan which is located in the center of Isfahan city and close to the famous monuments such as "Ashraf Hall", "Chehel Sotoon Palace", Alighapoo “and” Tohid Khane". The building was constructed in the early eleventh c...

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Dr.beheshti house

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The house of Doctor Mohammad Hoseyn Beheshti is located in Esfahan Township, Beheshti Martyr Street and in an alley which has the same name. Due to its architecture style, this house is considered as one of those buildings in Pahlavi period. It also belonged to the Martyr Doctor Behes...

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Ghale shour caravansary

Ghale shour ca...

Ghale Shor is considered as one of the Qajar era's buildings which is located at the distance of 20 km of south-eastern of Esfahan Township in the Ghale Shor village. This inn was built in Gajar era and Zalosoltan's time, it was also restored in 1332. Ghale Shor inn is one of the four...

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Gheysariyeh bazaar

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Gheysarieh Bazzar which is also called Soltani bazar was the largest and most luxurious shopping mall in Safavid era and is still among the most important markets in Isfahan. Façade of the Gheysarieh is the entrance of market. On this façade you can see tile work in a manner of Safavi...

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Hakim mosque

Hakim mosque

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Hasht Behesht (Eight heavens)

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In a dry city which is located at the edge of desert, with long hot summer, Gardens and streams of waters, beautiful roses, shades of trees, sound of birds and nightingales play a great role in our lives. In great part of Iranian literature, especially poems, gardens are beautiful par...

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imam mosque of isfahan

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isfahan mosque

isfahan mosque

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Jalaleddin homaei house

Jalaleddin hom...

The house of Master Jalal Homayi was built in Safavid era at the Pa Ghale neighborhood of Esfahan. Deceased master Jalal Adin Homayi, literary man, poet and the professor of Persian Language and literature was born in 1278 and in this house. This house is a one-floor building with a ...

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Joubi bridge

Joubi bridge

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Khaje Nizam al-Mulk's tomb

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Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Tusi Nizam al-Mulk (April 10, 1018 – October 14, 1092), better known as Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk Tusi (Persian: خواجه نظام‌الملک طوسی‎ - Khwāğa Nizāmu l'Mulk al-Ṭusī) was a Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire. His fame is mainly due to the fact that he held...

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Khaju Bridge

Khaju Bridge

Khaju Bridge (Persian: پل خواجو ‎ Pol-e Khāju) is arguably the finest bridge in the province of Isfahan, Iran.[1] It was built by the Persian Safavid king, Shah Abbas II around 1650 C.E., on the foundations of an older bridge. Serving as both a bridge, and a dam (or a weir), it links ...

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Mahyar caravansary

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Mahyar Caravanserai is one of the famous caravanserais in Safavid era which is built in Mahyar village, 52 kilometers from the south of Isfahan. Mahyar was regarded as one of the most important villages in Safavi which some of the foreign tourists visited this village at that time and...

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Martan bridge

Martan bridge

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Mashroteh house of isfahan

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Menar sareban

Menar sareban

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Monar Jonban

Monar Jonban

The Monar Jonban (Shaking Minarets), or Menar-e-jomban, is a manument located in Isfahan, in central Iran. Construction began in 14th century to cover the grave of Amu Abdollah Soqla. Its notable feature is that if one of the minarets is shaken, the other minaret will shake as well. ...

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Naghsh-E- Jahan  (IMAM SQUARE)

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Nagsh means "pattern" and Jahan means "world". This square is the most beautiful and magnificent sight of Isfahan. Several descriptions have been written about this square (Maidan). The square is 510 meters long and 163 meters wide and the arena of it is about 80000 square meters. Th...

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Old Bazaar of Isfahan

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Isfahan Bazar is one of the oldest and greatest bazaars in the Middle East. French Jean Chardin has mentioned Gheysarie Bazaar and Isfahan great bazaar with its incredible portal, decorated tile works and broad platforms that are made of jade and porphyry and are mostly used by jewelers...

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Rahim khan mosque

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Roknolmolk mosque

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Saint Mary church

Saint Mary chu...

It is related to safavi time which has been recorded as Iran`s national monument. Jacob church or Saint james church is the oldest one in Isfahan. It was built in 1607. The initial plan was a cross-shaped church, but due to the destruction of the south side in 1843 AD, it became a rect...

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Sarouyeh or Tappeh (hill) Ashraf

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Sarouyeh was a large library in ancient pre-Islamic Iran. The 10th century chronicler Ahmad ibn Rustah refers to it as "Sarough". The Fars Nameh of Ibn Balkhi calls it Haft Halkeh . The library, located near where the city of Isfahan is today, is written by some sources to have been fr...

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Seyed mosque

Seyed mosque

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Shahrestan bridge

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Sheikh Bahaei bath

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Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī was a scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and a poet in 16th-century Iran. He was born in Baalbek, Lebanon but immigrated in his childhood to Safavid Iran with his father. In the past, people didn't have private baths...

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Siosepol

Siosepol

Siosepol or Siose Bridge (which means 33 Bridge or the Bridge of 33 Arches), also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, is one of the eleven bridges of Isfahan, Iran. This is probably the most famous of Isfahan's bridges.The bridge connects central Chahar Bagh to the lower part of Chahar...

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Talar ashraf

Talar ashraf

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Talar teymouri (natural history museum )

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Teimori hall is located on the south side of Ostandari Street and in the complex of Safavid government house. The Date of this building's construction is not mentioned anywhere, but due to its name, the style of its architecture and its plaster-molding decoration, it belongs to Teimoriy...

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Tomb of Saeb Tabrizi

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Vank Cathedral

Vank Cathedral

Vank Cathedral was one of the first churches to be established in the city's Jolfa district by Armenian deportees settled by Shah Abbas I after the Ottoman War of 1603-1605. The varying fortunes and independence of this suburb across the Zayandeh rood and its eclectic mix of European ...

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