Tehran Before the reign of Shah Tahmasp I (1514-1576), the second king of The Safavid Dynasty, Tehran was a small village near the city of Rey. Shah Tahmasp would travel to Rey to visit his ancestor’s shrine (Imamazadeh Hamzeh) and spend some days in the gardens of Tehran; the result of these frequent visits was the growth of Tehran to a major city. In 1766 Agha Mohammad Khan (1742-1797) moved the capital from Isfahan to Tehran and made Tehran the [...]
Si-o-se-pol The Allahverdi Khan Bridge, popularly known as Si-o-se pol is the largest of the eleven historical bridges on the Zayanderud, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, in Isfahan, Iran. (more…)
Naqsh e Jahan Square - Image of the World Square Naqsh-e Jahan Square (trans: "Image of the World Square"), also known as Shah Square , is a square situated at the center of Isfahan, Iran. Naqsh-e Jahan Square Constructed between 1598 and 1629, it is now an important historical site, and one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. Naqsh-e Jahan Square is 160 metres (520 ft) wide by 560 metres (1,840 ft) long (an area of 89,600 square metres (964,000 sq [...]
