Isfahan Chehel Sotun Palace is one of the historical monuments of Isfahan. The forty-column palace, which has an area of 67,000 square meters, began its construction during the reign of Shah Abbas I and a mansion was built in the middle of it. Shah Abbas I built a pavilion in the middle of the garden, that formed the original core of the palace, which included the middle hall of the chehel sotun palace and its four-cornered pavilions. During the time of Shah Abbas II, the building was completed and general changes were made to the existing central building, including the Hall of Mirrors, the 20-column Hall, the two large north and south rooms of the Hall of Mirrors, the porches on either side of the Kingdom Hall and the large pool in front of the hall. Mirroring and tiling of walls and ceilings has been added. The central hall of the palace, that was dedicated to foreign guests and personalities of other countries, contains paintings that depict the historical events of different periods. This magnificent hall, which is based on a painted dome, with colorful elastics and golden and transparent designs, is considered one of the masterpieces of that era. The porch of chehel sotun consists of two parts, one of which is based on 18 wooden and lofty pillars. The four middle pillars are placed on four stone lions and their carvings are such that two lions are shown to a human head. It flowed from the mouths of these four taps and poured into the marble pool of the hall. The other part, which is a little higher, forms the entrance of the hall and in some sources it is called the mirror hall. This part is placed on two columns and all of it is decorated with a wide and elaborate mirror work in which small and well-patterned mirrors are used in the form of mosaics along with tall and brick mirrors. The ceiling of the hall is made of wooden frames in different geometric shapes. The symmetrical image of the marble pool in the middle of the porch can be seen in the ceiling decorations. This symmetry is very similar to Aali Qapo porch
Features Beautiful chehel sotun
Magnificent painting ceiling of the 20-column hall and mirror ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors and the entrance of the mirror work of the sitting hall of Shah Abbas II.
The huge columns of the 20-column halls and the mirror hall, each of which is the trunk of a sycamore tree.
The square stone lions of the central basin of the hall and the marble plinths with the surrounding pattern, which represent the sculptural industry in the Safavid era.
Excellent gold-plated decorations of the Kingdom Hall and the rooms on either side of the Hall of Mirrors and large paintings of the Kingdom Hall that show the Safavid kings as follows:
Shah Abbas I in the reception of Vali Mohammad Khan, the ruler of Turkestan
Shah Ismail I in the Battle of Chaldoran
Shah Tahmaseb I at the reception of King Homayoun of India
Shah Ismail I in the war with the Uzbek Shibak Khan (Battle of Merv)
Shah Abbas II in the reception of Nader Mohammad Khan Amir of Turkestan in the Ashtarkhanian dynasty
Nader Shah Afshar in the Cornell War is a great painting that has become his reign.
