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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.
The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān or Jāme' Mosque of Isfahān (Persian: مسجد جامع اصفهان Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān), also known as the Atiq Mosque (مسجد عتیق) and the Friday Mosque of Isfahān (مسجد جمعه), is an historic Shi'ite congregational mosque (Jāmeh), located in Isfahan, Iran. The mosque is the result of ...
The Shah Mosque is situated on the south side of this square. On the west side is the Ali Qapu Palace. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque is situated on the eastern side of this square and at the northern side Qeysarie Gate opens into the Isfahan Grand Bazaar. Today, Namaaz-e Jom'eh (the Muslim Friday prayer) is held in the Shah Mosque.
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.
It was under the Seljuks that the so-called “Iranian” plan appeared for the first time, perhaps in the redesign of the Great Mosque of Isfahan.The Iranian plan has four iwans arranged in a cruciform manner around a courtyard, as well as a domed room serving as a prayer room.In the Great Mosque of Isfahan, as it appeared at the time, it seems (according to the work of Galdieri) that this ...
The north dome of the Isfahan mosque, in particular, is considered a masterpiece of medieval Iranian architecture, with the interlacing ribs of the dome and the vertically aligned elements of the supporting walls achieving a great elegance. [22] [20] Another innovation by the Seljuks was the "kiosk mosque".
The Jameh Mosque of Zavareh (1135–1136) is the earliest existing example of the standard Iranian mosque type in which four iwans are arranged around a courtyard, with a dome behind the qibla iwan. The layout is found in a group of mosques in the region centered around Isfahan. [42]
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.