Isfahan (city)

Isfahan or Eşfahān (historically also rendered as Ispahan, Old Persian Aspadana, Middle Persian Spahān, Persian اصفهان), located about 340 km south of Tehran, is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran (Persia)'s third largest city (after Tehran and Mashhad). Its population in 2000 was 2,040,000.

Monuments and sites

Squares and Streets:

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• Naqsh-e Jahan Square also known as shah square or imam square-1602.
• Meydan Kohne (Kohne Square)
• Shahshahan square
• Chaharbagh Boulevard - 1596.
• Chaharbagh-e-khajou Boulevard

Mosques :

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• Shah mosque (it is called Imam mosque after irans reveloution")
• Sheikh lotf allah mosque
• Jame mosque

Palaces:

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• Ali Qapu (The Royal Palace) - Early 17th Century
• Talar Ashraf (The Palace of Ashraf) - 1650.
• Hasht Behesht (The Palace of Eight Paradises) - 1669.
• Chehel Sotoun (The Palace of forty columns) - 1647.

Schools:

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• Madreseye Sadr
• Madreseye Shah(Imam jafar sadegh after reveloution)
• Madreseye Khajoo

Caravanserais:

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• Carvanserai Shah

Bridges:

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• Pol-e Shahrestan (The Shahrestan Bridge) - 11th Century.
• Pol-e Khaju (Khaju Bridge) - 1650.
• Si-o-Seh Pol (The Bridge of 33 Arches) - 1602.
• pol-e-Joui or choobi(Joui bridge)
• Pol-e-Shahrestan (Shahrestan bridge)

Churches and Cathedrals

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• Vank Cathedral - 17th century.
• Kelisaye maryam (maryam church)

others include :

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• Atashgah - a Zoroastrian fire temple.
• Buqe'h-ye Ibn-Sina (Avicenna's Dome) - 12th Century.
• The Tombs of Nizam al-Mulk & Malek Shah - 12th & 18th Century.
• Jolfa (The Armenian Quarter).
• The Bathhouse of Sheikh Bahai.
• Pigeon Towers - 17th Century.