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Naqsh-e Jahan Square (Persian: میدان نقش جهان Maidān-e Naghsh-e Jahān; trans: "Image of the World Square"), also known as the Shah Square (میدان شاه) prior to 1979, is a square situated at the center of Isfahan, Iran.
The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه) is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during the Safavid Empire under the order of Abbas the Great. It is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian architecture in the Islamic era.
Exterior view of the palace. Ali Qapu (Persian: عالیقاپو, ‘Ālī Qāpū)(lit: "Grand Gate") is an imperial palace in Isfahan, Iran.It is located on the western side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, opposite to the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, and had been originally designed as a vast portal entrance to the grand palace which stretched from Naqsh-e Jahan Square to Chaharbagh Boulevard.
n the present site of Meydan-e-Emam before Isfahan became the Safavid capital, there used to be another square called naqsh-e-Jahan (Design of the world), much smaller than the square today. It was Shah Abbas the Great who made Isfahan his capital and then decreed that the square should be extended to its present size, and lovely buildings set ...
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله) [2] is one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on the eastern side of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Esfahan, Iran. Construction of the mosque started in 1603 and was finished in 1619.
The chief architect of this task of urban planning was Shaykh Bahai (Baha' ad-Din al-'Amili), [3] who focused the programme on two key features of Shah Abbas's master plan: the Chahar Bagh avenue, flanked at either side by all the prominent institutions of the city, such as the residences of all foreign dignitaries, and the Naqsh-e Jahan Square ...
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With the Jameh Mosque to the north, Grand Bazaar to the west, Harun Velayat Mausoleum and the Ali Mosque to the south, and the Seljuk palaces to the east, the Kohneh Square served as a prototype for the majestic Naqsh-e Jahan Square, which Shah Abbas I created in its vicinity. In 2012, it went through a revitalization by the Isfahan Municipality.