Khaju Bridge — Architecture in Isfahan

Khaju Bridge

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About Khaju Bridge

The Khaju Bridge is one of the historical bridges on the Zayanderud, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, in Isfahan. Serving as both a bridge and a weir, it links the Khaju quarter on the north bank with the Zoroastrian quarter across the Zayanderud. It is located at the end of Kamal Ismail Street in Isfahan. The bridge served a primary function as a building and a place for public meetings in the past It has been described as the city's finest bridge. Persian art historians and revivalists, Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman are interred in a mausoleum nearby. El puente Khaju es uno de los puentes históricos del Zayanderud, el mayor río de la meseta iraní, en Isfahan. Sirve tanto de puente como de presa y une el barrio de Khaju, en la orilla norte, con el barrio zoroastriano, al otro lado del Zayanderud. Se encuentra al final de la calle Kamal Ismail de Isfahán. El puente cumplía una función primordial como edificio y lugar de reuniones públicas en el pasado Se ha descrito como el mejor puente de la ciudad. Los historiadores del arte persa y revivalistas, Arthur Upham Pope y Phyllis Ackerman, están enterrados en un mausoleo cercano. The Khaju Bridge was built around 1650, under the reign of Abbas II, the seventh Safavid king (shah) of Iran, on the foundations of an older bridge. The existing inscriptions suggest that the bridge was repaired in 1873. There is a pavilion located in the center of the structure, inside which Abbas II would have once sat, admiring the view. Today, remnants of a stone seat is all that is left of the king's chair. El puente de Khaju se construyó hacia 1650, bajo el reinado de Abbas II, séptimo rey safávida (sha) de Irán, sobre los cimientos de un puente más antiguo. Las inscripciones existentes sugieren que el puente fue reparado en 1873. Hay un pabellón situado en el centro de la estructura, en cuyo interior se habría sentado Abbas II, admirando la vista.

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