Archive Isfahan
The Most Modern Hotel of Isfahan in the Pahlavi Era
18:45 - Thursday
Isfahan's Heritage: Jahan Hotel

The Most Modern Hotel of Isfahan in the Pahlavi Era

Jahan Hotel, which had started working much before the Abbasi Hotel, continued its activities up until the 60s (SH), yet was suddenly abandoned.

The Most Familiar Path
16:25 - Thursday
Isfahan's Heritage: Chaharbagh

The Most Familiar Path

Isfahan’s Chaharbagh was the busiest passage of the city up until a few decades ago and not just a place to pass along, but one to stay in and visit friends at.

A Skirt Full of Roses
19:09 - Wednesday
Foreign Travel Writers in Isfahan: Pierre Loti

A Skirt Full of Roses

Up until a hundred years ago, Isfahan’s rose was world famous so much so that a world traveler such as Pierre Loti would take the trouble of going all the way from Champs-Élysées to Chaharbagh.

The Most Turquoise Absence of the Architect
18:45 - Sunday
The Figures of Isfahan: Master Ali-Akbar Memar Isfahani

The Most Turquoise Absence of the Architect

Master Ali-Akbar Memarbashi Isfahani is the architect of the Abbasi Jame Mosque, designed by Sheikh Bahaei.

The Marble Stones of the Mosque
17:15 - Sunday
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.

A Royal Traveller to Isfahan
18:13 - Saturday
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.

Fire atop Chehel Sotoun
16:42 - Saturday
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.

Five-Day Feasts in the Chehel Sotoun Palace
20:06 - Thursday
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.

Why Thirty Three?!
19:08 - Thursday
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 and the Si-o-Se Pol
17:22 - Thursday
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.