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Persepolis
Persepolis Persepolis or in New Persian Takht-e Jamshid (Jamshid's Throne) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The remains of Persepolis was registered by the UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage in 1979 with the criteria I,III,VI. Persepolis was founded as a new Achaemenid capital in ∼518 BC. It was Cyrus the Great who chose the site of…
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Imam Mosque
Shah Mosque, also known as Imam Mosque, is the most important mosque in Isfahan and one of the mosques standing in Naghsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square. Built during the Safavid period, ordered by Shah Abbas I. It is registered, along with Naghsh-e Jahan Square, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Si-o-Se Pol
Si-o-Se Pol or Allāhverdi Khan Bridge is one of the eleven bridges in Isfahan with the length of 297.76 meters and the width of 14 meters. It was constructed by the finance and the inspection of Allahverdi Khan Undiladze chancellor of Shah Abbas I, an ethnic Georgian, it consists of two rows of 33 arches…
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