Tschehel Sotun

Tschehel Sotun
	; Tschehel Sotun
Data
place	Isfahan , Iran
architect	Scheych Baha'i
Architectural style	Esfahani
Construction year	1647
Floor space	67,000 m²
Coordinates	32 ° 39 '26 " N , 51 ° 40' 19" E Coordinates: 32 ° 39 '26 " N , 51 ° 40' 19" E

Tschehel Sotun also Tschihil Sutun , English transcriptions Chehel Sotoun, Chihil Sutūn , ( Persian كاخ چهل ستون, DMG kāḫ-e čehel sotūn , 'Forty Pillar Palace') is a palace from the Safavid period in the city of Isfahan . The palace is located in a large garden near the Ali Qapu Palace and was completed under Abbas II .

history

The Forty-Pillar Palace is one of the most beautiful examples of Safavid architecture, among other things because, alongside the Hascht Behescht Palace from 1669, it is one of the few that are still surrounded by the former gardens. In addition to a veranda with twenty columns made of cypress wood , which are reflected in the pool , there is a hall of mirrors and numerous frescoes depicting life at the Safavid court and historical events. There are also artistic mirror tiling and stucco decorations .

The frescoes show the battle of Taher Abad near Merw , 1510, the battle of Chaldiran against the Ottoman Selim I in 1514, the reception of the Mughal ruler Humayun in 1544, a banquet in honor of the Emir of Bukhara in 1611, and the reception of the Uzbek king in the year 1646. Another fresco shows Nadir Shah's victory against the Indian army in the Battle of Karnal in 1739. Below the frescoes there are smaller depictions which stylistically approach the Persian miniatures . After being covered with plaster of paris under the Qajars , they were later artfully restored.

The tradition of a garden palace is widespread in the Islamic world between Andalusia ( Alhambra ) and India ( Fatehpur Sikri ). The architecture of the Tschehel Sotun can best be compared to Sassanid palaces because the passage leading to the throne room is functionally the same as the Sassanid Ivan . The basic plan is symmetrical and clearly laid out. The column portico ( talar ) leads to an almost square throne hall with a water basin, which is flanked by side halls, and further through an ivan into a transverse domed hall.

The building was used as an archaeological and ethnological museum from 1958 . After a ten-year shutdown, it reopened in 1988. In the rooms of the palace there are numerous art objects, including carpets, porcelain and coins.

gallery

Historical view by Ernst Hoeltzer , 1873
Portico
Frescoes with historical representations
Safi ad-Din Ardabili's cap

literature

Ingeborg Luschey-Schmeisser: Čehel Sotūn, Isfahan. In: Encyclopædia Iranica

Web links

Commons : Tschehel Sotun - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
Description on caroun.com (English)
Brief description on art-arena (English)
photos

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ' Hosseyn Yaghoubi: Beheshti Arash (ed.): Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān (travel guide to Isfahan province) ( Persian ). Rouzane, 2004, ISBN 964-334-218-2 , p. 80.
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^ Robert Hillenbrand : Safavid Architecture. In: Ders .: Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture. The Pindar Press, London 2006, Volume 2, pp. 499f

[Rāhnamā_2004,_p._80-1] ' Hosseyn Yaghoubi: Beheshti Arash (ed.): Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān (travel guide to Isfahan province) ( Persian ). Rouzane, 2004, ISBN 964-334-218-2 , p. 80.

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[3] Robert Hillenbrand : Safavid Architecture. In: Ders .: Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture. The Pindar Press, London 2006, Volume 2, pp. 499f