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Horse and buggy in the square Great Bazaar of Isfahan; drawing by G. Hofsted van Essen in 1703; Leiden University Library 19th-century drawing of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan, by French architect Xavier Pascal Coste, who traveled to Persia in 1839.
This is a list of paintings and plots by Eugène Flandin and Pascal Coste, French painter and architects in 1840.This collection contains 200 images, 130 paintings from Flandin and 70 maps and plots from Coste which published in two books: Travel in Iran and Modern Monuments of Iran.
Main entrance of the Isfahan Bazaar A handicraft-maker-seller A carpet shop in the Grand Bazaar Shoppers in the Grand Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar (Persian: بازار بزرگ, transliterated: Bāzār-e Bozorg) is a market located in Isfahan, Iran, also known as the Qeysarriyeh Bazaar (بازار قيصريه), Qeysarie bazaar or Soltani bazaar.
Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavid Empire, Isfahan became the capital of Iran, for the second time in its history, under Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history.
Kohneh Square (Persian: میدان کهنه) is a city square which has been active for centuries in the city of Isfahan, Iran, serving cultural, religious and economic functions. [1] It was once the main square for the city. [1] The complex is located near the Grand Bazaar, and the Jameh Mosque. [2] It has also been known as Atiq Square, Atigh ...
Pascal Coste's depiction of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan. His Middle East journey aroused the interest of Louis Philippe I and gained Coste the post of chief architect of Marseille in 1844. In 1846, the president of the Chambre de Commerce, M. Luce, commissioned from Coste the Bourse on Marseille's Canebière. Coste was also the originator of ...
Shah Mosque at Naqsh-e Jahan Square, in Isfahan, Iran, built by Abbas I during the Safavid period. The renaissance in Persian mosque and dome building came during the Safavid dynasty, when Shah Abbas, in 1598 initiated the reconstruction of Isfahan, with the Naqsh-e Jahan Square as the centerpiece of his new capital. [186]
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.