Chihil Sutun
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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
archway
Palace
Isfahan
Description
Exterior view, detail view
Detail view of main archway
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
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ID
Haq0053
Source
Saif Haq
State Edition
8/1/1991
Collection
Citation
architect, Unknown Persian, Chihil Sutun, 1642, Eşfahān, Eşfahān, Iran, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Saif Haq. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/17982.
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