Meidan Emam, Esfahan World Heritage Site

Official name: Meidan Emam, Esfahan | UNESCO
Country: Iran | Map
Continent: Asia
Location: Esfahan
32.6574° Lat, 51.6777° Lon | Map
Code: 115
Time Zone: Asia/Tehran (+0330, +0330)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 1979. Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal Mosque, the Mosque of Sheykh Lotfollah, the magnificent Portico of Qaysariyyeh and the 15th-century Timurid palace. They are an impressive testimony to the level of social and cultural life in Persia during the Safavid era.