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.
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