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Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
| Site number: | 1397 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 841 - | |
| Date of Inscription: | 2012 | |
| Location: | Middle East, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Isfahan | |
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| Description: | Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jāmé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841. It is the oldest preserved edifice of its type in Iran and a prototype for later mosque designs throughout Central Asia. The complex, covering more than 20,000 m2, is also the first Islamic building that adapted the four-courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture. Its double-shelled ribbed domes represent an architectural innovation that inspired builders throughout the region. The site also features remarkable decorative details representative of stylistic developments over more than a thousand years of Islamic art. --WHMNet's description is from WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān (Persian: مسجد جامع اصفهان – Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān) is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Isfahān city, within Isfahān Province, Iran. The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century. The Grand Bazaar of Isfahan can be found towards the southeast wing of the mosque. Masjed-e Jāme’ d’Ispahan. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1397 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1397). 2. Wikipedia. | |