Isfahan's Heritage: The Abbasi Jame Mosque

The Marble Stones of the Mosque

When a shortage of marble was faced during the construction of the Abbasi Jame Mosque, Shah Abbas ordered them to compensate for it by removing and reusing the marble stones of the Atiq Jame Mosque.

Isfahan's Intangible Heritage: Hospitality

A Royal Traveller to Isfahan

The murals on the ceiling of one of the rooms in the northern hall of the Chehel Sotoun Palace is different from the rest.

Shah Soltan Hossein

Fire atop Chehel Sotoun

One thousand one hundred eighteen years after the Prophet Muhammad’s hijrah, a fire fell upon the Chehel Sotoun Palace.

Isfahan's Intangible Heritage: The Feasts

Five-Day Feasts in the Chehel Sotoun Palace

Chardin, the French traveller who visited Iran and especially its royal palaces, manors and mansions during the reign of Shah Abbas II, wrote about the feast held in the Chehel Sotoun Palace in his travelogue.

Isfahan's Heritage: The Si-o-Se Pol

Why Thirty Three?!

Leaving aside whether or not the Si-o-Se Pol’s arches are actually thirty three, it is said among the people that the bridge’s name comes from the thirty three shares indicated in Sheikh Bahaei’s scroll.

Abbas Beheshtian

Abbas Beheshtian and the Si-o-Se Pol

His heart beat for his life as well as for Isfahan’s. You must truly love your city to become so upset when any damage is done to her. Abbas Beheshtian was such a person.