Chihil Sutun

https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/ttu_haq_000052.jpg

VRA Core

Title

Chihil Sutun
Chehel Sotoun Palace
kakh-e Chehel Sotoon
Forty Columns (in Persian)
کاخ چهل ستون

Agent

Unknown Persian architect

Location

Eşfahān, Eşfahān, Iran
Eastern side of Chahar Bagh-e Abbasi St
32°39'27.0"N 51°40'18.7"E

Date

1642
17th century

Style Period

Safavid (style)
Safavid dynasty (period)
Islamic

Cultural Context

Iranian
Persian

Worktype

palace

Material

wood
brick
marble

Technique

vaulting, wood frame

Subject

Architecture and City Planning
Chehel Sotoun
porch
wooden pillar
Isfahan

Description

Partial view
partial view of pond from Eastern (entrance) Porch
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.

Relation

Chehel Sotoun Garden

Rights

© Saif Haq
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

ID

Haq0052

Source

Saif Haq

State Edition

8/1/1991

Geolocation

Item Relations

This item has no relations.