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The Dome of Soltaniyeh (Persian: گنبد سلطانیه) in Soltaniyeh city, Zanjan Province, Iran, traditionally so called, is a complex of ruins centering on the Mausoleum of the Mongol ruler Il-khan Öljeitü, also known as Muhammad Khodabandeh. The estimated 200 ton dome stands 49 meters (161 ft) tall from its base, and is currently ...
The Florence Cathedral's dome has octagonal supporting walls, like the Dome of Soltaniyeh. The Dome of Soltaniyeh is the third largest brick dome in the world (after Florence Cathedral and Hagia Sophia). Hagia Sophia is older than the Dome of Soltaniyeh, but the Hagia Sophia is a single shell brick dome. [55] 1659 – 1937 44 140 Gol Gumbaz
In 2005, UNESCO listed Soltaniyeh as one of the World Heritage Sites. The road from Zanjan to Soltaniyeh extends until it reaches to the Katale khor cave. William Dalrymple notes that Öljaitü intended Soltaniyeh to be "the largest and most magnificent city in the world" but that it "died with him" and is now "a deserted, crumbling spread of ...
The pinnacle of Il-Khanate architecture was reached with the construction of the Soltaniyeh Dome (1302–1312) in Zanjan, Iran, which measures 50 m in height and 25 m in diameter, making it the 3rd largest and the tallest masonry dome ever erected. [76] The thin, double-shelled dome was reinforced by arches between the layers. [77]
The Selimiye dome also became the largest dome in the Islamic world at the time of its completion. [3] 26.5 87 Süleymaniye Mosque: Istanbul: 1558 The dome's diameter is equal to exactly half the height between its apex and the ground. [4] It is the second-largest historic dome in Istanbul, after the Hagia Sophia. [5] [6] 26 85 Fatih Mosque ...
The dome contains the largest indoor desert and is the largest geodesic glazed dome in the world. [120] Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) 43 m 43 m 23.5 m 24.5 m Istanbul Turkey: Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral: 41 m Buenos Aires Argentina: Royal Albert Hall ~41 m [121] ~41 m [121] ~45 m [121] ~48 m [121] ~48 m [121] 66.7 m 82.9 m London ...
The Chalabioghlou mausoleum, also known as Sheikh Barragh mausoleum, is a historical octagonal mausoleum in the city of Soltaniyeh, in the Zanjan Province, in Iran. The mausoleum is located 500 m to the southwest of Dome of Soltaniyeh. The Chalabioghlou mausoleum was built between 1259 and 1284 in the ilkhanid era.
The enlarged dome would span the entire 42-metre (138 ft) width of the three aisled nave, just 2 meters less than that of the Roman Pantheon, the largest dome in the world. [243] And because the distances between the angles of the octagon were even farther apart at 45.5 metres (149 ft), the average span of the dome would be marginally wider ...