Ardestan
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| Province : | Isfahan | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 23 ' N , 52 ° 22' E | ||
| Height : | 1206 m | ||
| Residents : | 16,058 () | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Ardestan ( Persian اردستان) is a small Iranian town in the Isfahan province with about 16,000 inhabitants. It is located about 90 kilometers north of Isfahan and is the seat of the district of the same name.
history
Ardestan was probably founded under the Sassanids and was an important city with strong city fortifications in the 10th century AD .
Friday mosque
The Friday Mosque of Ardestan was built in the 12th century on the remains of a square kiosk mosque, also from the 10th century. The building material was baked bricks. It is a total of a 4-iwan mosque. A splendid Ivan leads into the prayer hall, which is covered with a brick dome.
Imam Hassan's mosque
Imam Hassan's mosque is the second Seljuk mosque in the city of Ardestan. It originated in the 12th century. The portal was formerly surrounded by two minarets , only one of which has survived. It is perhaps the oldest portal with double minaret in Islamic building history. The Seljuk mihrab is badly damaged.
literature
- Sylvia A. Matheson: Persia: An Archaeological Guide . 1972. London: Faber and Faber Limited. ISBN 0-571-09305-1
- Dr. Ursula Wiese-Fayyaz: IRAN in the mirror of the times. 2004. Tehran, Iran ISBN 964-306-209-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ ardestan - Wolfram Alpha . wolframalpha.com. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Patricia L. Baker: Iran: The Bradt Travel Guide . 2nd edition (illustrated). 2005. p. 111. ISBN 9781841621234
- ↑ Iran Traveling Center ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Dataset of the DNB
- History of Islamic Art , by Lorenz Korn