Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Province	Isfahan Province
Location
Location	Isfahan, Iran
Municipality	Isfahan County
	Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	32°39′26″N 51°40′44″E / 32.65722°N 51.67889°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Ostad Mohammad Reza Isfahani
Type	Mosque
Style	Isfahani
Completed	1619
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Dome height (outer)	32m
Dome dia. (outer)	22m
Minaret(s)	0

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شیخ لطف الله)^[2] is one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on the eastern side of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Esfahan, Iran. Construction of the mosque started in 1603 and was finished in 1619. It was built by the chief architect Mohammadreza Isfahani, during the reign of Shah Abbas I of Persia. On the advice of Arthur Upham Pope, Reza Shah Pahlavi had the mosque rebuilt and repaired in the 1920s.

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^ Also transliterated as Lotfallah, Lotf Allah, Lutfullah, Lutfallah, Lutf Allah