Chihil Sutun
Item
- Title
- Chihil Sutun
- Alternative Title
- Chehel Sotoun Palace
- kakh-e Chehel Sotoon
- Forty Columns (in Persian)
- کاخ چهل ستون
- City
- Eşfahān, Eşfahān, Iran
- Address
- Eastern side of Chahar Bagh-e Abbasi St
- Country
- Iran
- Date Created
- 1642
- Century
- 17th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Safavid (style)
- Safavid dynasty (period)
- Islamic
- Cultural Context
- Iranian
- Persian
- Materials
- wood
- brick
- marble
- Techniques
- vaulting, wood frame
- Subject
- Chehel Sotoun
- archway
- Palace
- Isfahan
- Description
- Detail view of main archway
- Chehel Sotoun was built by Shah Abbas II. Shah Abbas II and his successors would receive dignitaries and ambassadors, either on the terrace or in one of the stately reception halls. The name, "Forty Columns," was inspired by the twenty slender wooden columns supporting the entrance pavilion, which, when reflected in the waters of the fountain, appear to be forty. The Palace and its garden cover an area of approximately 67,000 sq. m.
- Related Works
- Chehel Sotoun Garden
- Source
- Saif Haq
- Photographer
- Saif Haq
- Date of Photography
- 8/1/1991
- Rights Holder
- © Saif Haq
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
“Chihil Sutun”, Saif Haq Collection, accessed November 17, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/haq/item/14122