Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Isfahan, Naghsh-e-Jahan Square

authors:

Mohammad Yazdi Rad

Noor Art & Architecture Atelier

Showing the glory of an elegant Safavid architecture structure

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله‎‎) is one of the architectural masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on the eastern side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Esfahan, Iran. Construction of the mosque started in 1603 and was finished in 1619. It was built by the chief architect Shaykh Bahai, during the reign of Shah Abbas I of Persia.