Naqsh-e Jahan Square
میدان نقش جهان
A world-class square built under the Safavid dynasty, about 560 m long, with two mosques, a palace and the Grand Bazaar on its four sides; the heart of the saying “Isfahan is half the world.”
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, originally called the Image of the World Square, was built in the early 17th century under Shah Abbas I and listed as a World Heritage Site in 1979. The Imam Mosque lies on the south side, Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque on the east, the Ali Qapu Palace on the west, and the Qeysarieh Gate, leading to the Grand Bazaar, on the north. Two-storey arcades around the square are lined with craft shops. The square is open all day, free to enter, and you can take a horse-drawn carriage around it. In the evening, locals picnic on the lawn, and after dark, when the mosques are lit up, the scene is at its most beautiful.
Opening hours
Open all day
Nearby sights
- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
- Ali Qapu Palace
- Shah Mosque (Imam Mosque)
- Chehel Sotoun
- Grand Bazaar of Isfahan
- Hakim Mosque
- Hasht Behesht Palace
- Isfahan Music Museum