Meidan Emam, Esfahan
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.