Naqsh-e Jahan Square
square in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
Facts
18 propertiesDesignation
- Instance of
- square, cultural property, architectural landmark[3][4]
- Heritage designation
- Iranian National Heritage, World Heritage Site[15][16]
Location
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 32.658°, 51.677°
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- District 3[1]
Period and style
- Inception
- 1591[14]
- Architectural style
- Safavid architecture[9]
More facts +11
- Area
- +8.96[22]
- Commissioned by
- Abbas the Great[5]
- Directions
- دروازه دولت، خ سپه[27]
- Elevation above sea level
- +1570[21]
- Length
- +560[20]
- Named after
- world map, Abbas the Great, Ruhollah Khomeini[6][7][8]
- Native label
- میدان نقش جهان[19]
- Width
- +160[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Naghsh-e Jahan Square
en Meidan Emam
en Naghsh-i Jahan Square
en Naghsh-i Jahan
en Naqsh-e Jahan
en Naqsh-e Jahan Square
en Naqsh-i Jahan Square
en The Royal Square of Esfahan
en Royal Square of Esfahan
en Shah square
en Emam Sq.
en Imam Square
en Naghsh-e jahan
ar ميدان نقش جهان
ar ساحه نقش جهان
ar ميدان الإمام
cs Naqš-e džahán
de Meidan-i Imam
de Meidan-e Schah
de Naqsch-e Dschahan
🔖 Identifiers · 12
- Library of Congress authority ID
- sh2018002496
- GND ID
- 7713245-2
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Naghshe Jahan Square Isfahan modified2.jpg ↗
- British Museum place ID
- x109784
- Cultureel Woordenboek ID
- gebouwd-erfgoed/iran-meidan-emam-in-isfahan
- Freebase ID
- /m/05d89c
- GeoNames ID
- 6533373
- Iranian National Heritage registration number
- 102
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987012403685405171
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 15540548
- Topic's main category
- Category:Naqsh-i Jahan Square
- World Heritage Site ID
- 115
📚 Sources · 1
- GeoNames CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Tehran
2026-09-26
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- GeoNames
- Edition
- 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
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🔗 Connections
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Instance of 3
← Located on street 3
Heritage designation 2
Architectural style 1
Country 1
Has these parts 1
Named after 1
← Offers view on 1
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