Sights

Isfahan is a city that can offers its guests a great number of unique sights and demonstrate the best attractions one could expect. Just to name all of them will be rather confusing, therefore we have divided them into the sections. See the list below.

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Vank Church

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The most famous and beautiful Iranian church is "Vank". In addition to various wall paintings it possesses a great number of tableaus with religious themes, most of which have been brought here by the Armenian businessmen from Europe. The tableaus about Christ's (A.S.) arrest, the Last Supper etc. have decorated the walls of this church. There is a museum near this church , which has about 700 hand-written Armenian manuscripts. Also the first printed book in Iran can be found in this museum. In addition to Vank , other churches such as the churches of holy Mary and Jolfa can be more..

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The Sheikh Lotfullah Mosque

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It is one of the most beautiful and best historical monuments of Isfahan , which bewilders all its visitors. This mosque is situated in the eastern part of the Naqsh-e-Jahan Square , opposite the Ali Qapoo monument. It can be considered as the masterpiece of Iran's architecture and tile work in the first half of the 11th century A.H. (Hejira). The construction of this mosque took 18 years and its architect was Muhammad Reza Isfahani. Its manuscripts were written by Ali Reza Abbasi and Baqernia.

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The Jom'a Mosque

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This mosque contains within its walls a series of the architecture of various periods in history after the advent of Islam, In the surveys made during the digging of the wells, ceramics belonging to late Sassanid era were discovered.

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The Nazem-ul-Mulk Tomb

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This tomb is situated in the southern part of the Jom'a Mosque of Isfahan. It is one of the best examples of the architecture style of the Seljuqs era. Khajeh Nezam ul-Mulk served as the minister of Arsalan and his son , Malek Shah for thirty years. He attempted to construct a great number of mosques and schools, the most important of all is the Baghdad Nezamiyeh school. In Isfahan, as well, he established a great number of monuments , the Nezam ul-Mulk Tomb being an example in this regard.

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