Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
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mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Shia Islam
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Mosque
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square , Isfahan , Isfahan Province
- Country
- Iran
- Type
- Mosque
- Style
- Safavid
- Founder
- Abbas the Great
- Groundbreaking
- 1011 AH (1602/1603 CE )
- Completed
- 1028 AH (1618/1619 CE) 1920s CE (restoration)
- Interior area
- 2,500 m (27,000 sq ft)
- Dome height outer
- 32 m (105 ft)
- Dome dia outer
- 22 m (72 ft)
- Materials
- Stone; bricks; mortar; marble; ceramic tiles
- Official name
- Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i)(v)(vi)
- Part of
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square
- Complex comprises
- Maidan – The Royal Square Masjed-e Shah Ālī Qāpū Palace The Imperial Bazaar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Country
- Iran
- Area
- 2500
- Material used
- marble
- Image
- مسجد شیخ لطف الله II.jpg
- Height
- 32
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- Commons category
- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
- heritage designation
- Iranian National Heritage
- directions
- م امام، جنب شرقی میدان
- architectural style
- Safavid architecture
- architect
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī
- date of official opening
- 1619-00-00
- commissioned by
- Abbas the Great
- inception
- 1603-00-00
- located on street
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله, romanized: Masjed-e Sheykh Lotfollah;) is a Shi'ite mosque, located on the eastern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran. Construction of the mosque started in 1011 AH (1602/1603 CE) and was finished in 1028 AH (1618/1619 CE). It is one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture from the Safavid era. It was designed by the chief architect Muhammad Reza during the reign of Shah Abbas the Great. On the advice of Arthur Upham Pope, Reza Shah Pahlavi had the mosque restored in the 1920s.
The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, completed in the Safavid style, is one of the most important architectural projects built on Isfahan's maidan, prominent for its location, scale, design, and ornamentation. The mosque is registered, along with the Naghsh-e Jahan Square and other surrounding structures, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; and was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 6 January 1932, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
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