Khaju Bridge
Item
- Title
- Khaju Bridge
- Alternative Title
- Khwaju Bridge, Pol-i Khaju
- پل خواجو
- City
- Eşfahān, Eşfahān, Iran
- Address
- Zayandeh Rud River
- Country
- Iran
- Date Created
- 1650
- Century
- 17th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Safavid (style)
- Safavid (dynasty)
- Islamic
- Cultural Context
- Iranian
- Persian
- Materials
- stone
- brick
- Techniques
- vaulting
- Subject
- Isfahan
- Khwaju
- bridge and dam
- Persian hydrography
- Zayandeh Rud river
- central pavilion
- Description
- partial view including central pavilion and part of first and second level vaulted path
- Khaju Bridge has 24 arches and is 133 metres long and 12 metres wide. The pass way of the bridge is 7.5 meters wide, made of bricks and stones with 21 larger and 26 smaller inlet and outlet channels. The pieces of stone used in this bridge are over 2 meters long and the distance between every channel and the ceiling base is 21 meters.
- Source
- Saif Haq
- Photographer
- Saif Haq
- Rights Holder
- © Saif Haq
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
“Khaju Bridge”, Saif Haq Collection, accessed November 8, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/haq/item/15710