a domed hall under Safavid era
Item
- Title
- a domed hall under Safavid era
- City
- Eşfahān, Eşfahān, Iran
- Country
- Iran
- Date Created
- 16th-17th century
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Building Type
- palaces
- houses
- dwellings
- residential structures
- official residences
- mosques
- religious buildings
- Style/Period
- Safavid (style)
- Safavid dynasty (period)
- Islamic
- Cultural Context
- Iranian
- Persian
- Materials
- brick
- marble
- Techniques
- vaulting
- Subject
- Safavid architecture
- vaulting
- Karbandi
- roof coverage
- light catcher
- natural lighting
- Description
- detail view of Karbandi ( structural pattern of roof coverage) and oculus
- Located on the western side of the Naqsh-e-Jahan Square, opposite to Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, originally designed as a vast portal. It is forty-eight meters high and there are seven floors, each accessible by a difficult spiral staircase.
- 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.
“a domed hall under Safavid era”, Saif Haq Collection, accessed November 17, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/haq/item/14199