Pol-e Shahrestan
Coordinates: 32 ° 37 '38 " N , 51 ° 43' 4" E
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| Official name | پل شهرستان | |
| use | today bicycles and pedestrians | |
| Subjugated | Zayandeh Rud | |
| place | Isfahan | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| overall length | 143 m | |
| width | 4.6 m | |
| Number of openings | 13 | |
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The Pol-e Shahrestan ( Persian پل شهرستان) is one of eleven bridges in the Iranian city of Isfahan over the Zayandeh Rud river . The bridge is the oldest and most downstream of the three known bridges besides Si-o-se Pol and Pol-e Khadschu in the city.
It is assumed that the stone pillars and the bow-like breakwaters date back to the early Sassanid period, that is, to be settled as early as the 3rd century AD. The brick arch above was built during the period of the Islamic Seljuk princes in the 11th century. The bridge arches are combined with other arched passages in the pier area in order to ensure maximum flow in times of heavy water flow. This may be a loan from the older Roman bridge construction . The Pol-e Schahrestan, like the other bridges mentioned, is an architectural gem of the time. Pol-e Shahrestan is located about 3 km east of the Pol-e Hadschu and thus already beyond the city limits of Isfahan. The crumbling structure at the north end of the bridge could have been a customs house.
The bridge connects the village of Schahrestan (namesake of the bridge) with the agricultural southern fields. The bridge is hardly used today.
The Abbasid caliph Ar-Raschid was murdered by a Shiite on this bridge in 1138 . A shrine called Shahzadeh Hosein in the village of Scharestan may be Ar-Raschid's tomb.
See also
literature
- Hans Berger: Iran . Conrad Stein Verlag , 5th edition, 2001, ISBN 3-89392-273-3 (travel manual).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Denis Wright Persia , Isfahan - Scharestanbrücke , p. 115, Atlantis Verlag Zurich and Freiburg i. B., 1970
- ↑ Pol-e Shahrestan and the assassination of Al-Rashid Bellah (English), retrieved June 20, 2011