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Isfahan

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Variant Names Isfahan, Ispahan, Aspadana, Esfahan
Province Esfahan Province
Country Iran
Latitude 32 41 N
Longitude 51 41 E
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Associated sites
Site Date Century Images
Achamoglan Mausoleum 1
Ali Mosque and Minaret 12th, 16th 4
Ali Qapu early 17th century 17th 16
Ali Qapu, Chehel Sutun and Hasht Behesht Restoration 17th c., restored 1977 17th, 20th 73
All Saviour's Cathedral Begun in 1606, rebuilt 1658-1663 17th 8
Allahverdi Khan Bridge 1602 17th 11
Art University of Isfahan 17th-18th c., restored 1990 17th, 18th, 20th 7
Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman Tomb 1972 20th 2
Baba Qasim Mausoleum 1340-41 14th 1
Bagh-e Qush Minaret 1330-50 14th 2
Bazaar at Isfahan 17th 12
Bell Helicopter Personnel Housing 1984 20th 5
Bemanian House 2003 21st 29
Chahar Bagh 1596-1597 17th 5
Chihil Dukhtaran Minaret 1107-8 12th 3
Chihil Sutun 1647 17th 27
City Central Library 2001 21st 52
Daraziah Minaret 1
Darb-i Imam Shrine 1453, repaired in 1601-02 and 1670-71 15th, 17th 11
Do Minar Dardasht and Tomb c. 1330-40 14th 0
Friday Mosque of Isfahan 8th to 17th c. 8th, 17th 77
Friday Mosque of Isfahan: Madrasa 1366, 1367 14th 8
Garladan Iwan 1315, restored 1925 14th 5
Hakim Mosque 1656-62 17th 13
Harun-i Vilayat Mausoleum 1512-13 16th 5
Hasht Behesht Palace 1669 17th 17
Imam Joma House 4
Imam Mia Mosque 3
Imami Madrasa 1325 14th 6
Ismail Mausoleum and Isaiah Mosque 1st quarter of 16th c. and later (Seljuk, Il-Khanid and Muzaffarid remains) 17, 18 8
Jafar Mausoleum 1320's 14th 7
Jolfa Housing 1988 20th 5
Jonban Minaret 16th 0
Jurjir Mosque c. 976-85 10th 14
Kaveh External City Bus Terminal 1990 20th 5
Khwaja Alani Minaret 2
Khwaja Sad Mausoleum 1365 14th 0
Khwaju Bridge 1650 17th 16
Madar-e Shah Madrasa 1706-1714 18th 22
Maidan-i Shah 1590-1602 17th 17
Manzil-i Sartip Sidihi 1820s, 1870s 19th 9
Ministry of Agriculture 2000 21st 45
Ministry of Housing Offices 1996 20th 2
Nazhvan Suburban Natural Park 1999 20th 5
Old Houses Conservation Programme 18th-19th c., conservation 20th c. 18th, 19th, 20th 2
Palace Complex at Isfahan 17th c. 17 2
Park Isfahan Commercial and Housing Complex 1981 20th 5
Pigeon Tower 17th c. and later 17th 1
Polsheer House 17th c., restored 1998-2001 17th, 21st 21
Poulad-Shahr Mosque 1991 20th 5
Qaysariya 17th c. 17th 1
Qotbiyeh Mosque 1543 16th 0
Sadri Residence 1999 20th 40
Safavi Residence 1998 20th 40
Sarban Minaret 1130-55 12th 4
Shah Abbas Hotel 17th c., renovated 1977 17th, 20th 7
Shah Mosque 1611- c.1638 17th 58
Shahid Beheshti Airport VIP Pavilion 1994 20th 5
Shahrestan Bridge 2
Shaykh Lutfallah Mosque 1603-19 17th 25
Takht-i Fulad Complex 6
Zayandeh-roud Vacation Village 1996 20th 5

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. A 12-Point Programme 1976
Floor, Willem Art (Naqqashi) and Artists (Naqqashan) in Qajar Persia 1999
Herdeg, Klaus Bazaar: Amenity, Isfahan. 1990
Herdeg, Klaus Bazaar: Caravanserai-i-Gulshan, Mosque-i-Jarchi, Isfahan 1990
Cantacuzino, Sherban Can Isfahan Survive? 1976
Leonard, Helfgott. Carpet Collecting in Iran, 1873-1883: Robert Murdoch Smith and the Formation of the Modern Persian Carpet Industry 1990
Alemi, Mahvash Chahar Bagh 1986
Micara, Ludovico. Contemporary Iranian Architecture in Search for a New Identity 1999
Alemi, Mahvash. Documents: The Safavid Royal Gardens in Sari 1996
McChesney, Robert Four Sources on Shah Abbas's Buildings of Isfahan 1988
Necipoglu, Gülru Framing the Gaze in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Palaces 1993
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Houses, and Remedy 3: Rehab 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Isfahan 1976
Herdeg, Klaus Isfahan 1990
David, Jean Claude. La formation du tissu de la ville arabo-islamique, apport de l'étude de plans cadastraux d'Alep 1993
Browne, Kenneth Life Line 1: Bazaar Route from Friday Mosque to the Maidan 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Life Line 2: Chahar Bagh -- Main Street 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Life Line 3: Water 1976
Herdeg, Klaus Madrasa Madir-i-Shah, Isfahan 1990
Herdeg, Klaus Maidan-i-Shah, Isfahan 1990
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Maidan: Problem and Remedy 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Making of the City 1976
Herdeg, Klaus Mosque al-Hakim, Isfahan 1990
Correa, Charles, Kenneth Frampton & David Robson, eds New Life for Old Structures: Iran 2001
Herdeg, Klaus Past, Present, and Future: Alternative Methods of Analysis 1988
Faghih, Nasrine Rehabilitation in Dardasht 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Remedy 1: Street 1976
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Remedy 2: Gardens 1976
Holod, Renata and Darl Rastorfer Restoration of Ali Qapu, Chehel Sutun and Hasht Behesht 1983
Babaie, Sussan Shah 'Abbas II, the Conquest of Qandahar, the Chihil Sutun, and Its Wall Paintings 1994
Alemi, Mahvash. Urban Spaces as the Scene for the Ceremonies and Pastimes of the Safavid Court 1991
Cantacuzino, Sherban and Kenneth Browner, eds. Why Isfahan? 1976

Associated files
Author Title Type Year
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Bemanian House text & image report 2007

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