Chehel Sotoon Palace

The garden of the Forty Columns Palace in Isfahan is a remarkable example of Persian gardens and is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The palace was rebuilt after a soup fire in 1706, and many paintings, pocket paintings, and pottery reflect the luxury of the palace at that time.

The Forty Pillars Palace in Isfahan is the only preserved palace in the imperial city, which was used as a pleasure palace and reception hall during the Safavi period, and was inspired by the colonnades of Achemenide. Historical records of the palace date back to 1614, and the luxurious palace fully reflects the luxury of the time.

The Forty Pillars Palace is a famous building in Isfahan, built in 1647 during the reign of Abbas II, where the king used to receive and entertain foreign envoys. The palace hall wall is painted with precious murals such as king hunting and scenes of historical events at the time. The wide gate porch in front of the palace is supported by 20 cypress pillars, and the front is a rectangular pond, which reflects in the water, as if there are 20 other pillars in the opposite direction, so people call this palace 40 pillars.

Forty pillars of the palace. Built in 1647, it is the place where the Safawi Abbas II received foreign envoys. It is the only preserved palace in the imperial city, and its design is inspired by the colonnades of Achemenid. This luxurious pool in the desert illustrates the master's noble status, with 20 thick Lebanese cedar pillars reflected in the pool, so it is called the Forty Pillars Palace. In Iran, 40 means "many". The luxurious palace gateway is still BINGBING style. The murals inside the palace are really wonderful and beautiful. Some show the historical scenes of the Persian war with the Uzbeks, Mughals, and Turks. Some reflect the grand scenes of the king's reception of foreign envoys, and some depict the social scene of male companions and female dances. There are also decorative patterns of animals and plants. There are also pictures of Indian king Huma's refuge in Iran. Some murals feature naked women, and Isfahan is indeed Iran's most open and vibrant city. On the walls outside the palace, there are obvious murals in Western style, which fully illustrates the cultural exchanges that have been made. Persian-style gardens are spacious, elegant and beautiful. There are large crows on the lawn who are leisurely strolling around. The tea room in the garden is too Persian, but unfortunately time is limited, you can only visit, you can not sit down and enjoy a cup of black tea.

Walking through the historical museum facing the street is the Forty Pillars Palace. At the ticket office at the door, we bought tickets for foreign tourists of 200,000 riyals per person, and the price displayed in Iranian text and numbers, the tickets for locals are 3,000 riyals, which is only equivalent to RMB 0.6 yuan. Such a large fare gap will inevitably affect the current industries such as hotels and taxis, and they will start learning from the government to treat our foreign tourists as "non-nationals" in price increases. The Forty Pillars Palace is one of the most important palaces of the Safavi dynasty (AD 1501-1736), completed in 1647, where the Safavi dynasty Abbas II received foreign envoys. Walking into the courtyard of the Forty Pillars Palace, I saw a magnificent palace at the top of the rectangular pool, with tall columns rising up to a tall dome. The palace actually only had twenty pillars, and because of the reflection of the water in the pool, it was named the Forty Pillars Palace. Around the pool and under the pillars of the palace pillars, there is a strange cat-like animal, said to be the lion of Iran, very demeanorless mascot. The walls of the colonnade are surrounded by pictures of the restoration process, and some of the colonnade is now being repaired with scaffolding. Through the colonnade, into the indoor hall, the small hall inside is a mural of varying sizes, huge murals on the characters, vividly recorded the glory of the Persian dynasty. According to the information, one of the large murals with group images reflects the scene of the Persian Empire's capture of Delhi, which can be seen at the time of the Persian Empire's territory. The small murals inside the palace, although colorful characters are vivid, always have traces of the remnants of the historical years.

Forty pillars, in fact, only twenty pillars, the column reflection in the pool, into forty columns, the pillars are wood, the top carved petals of the graphics, the pillars have six edges, although they hold the magnificent front hall, still appear thin and weak. Through the glass combination porch, into the inner palace, there are huge oil paintings on the four walls, below is the ancient Iranian clothing exhibition, do not understand history and art appreciation of us, not very interested, and the door to meet a group of cute little girls more curious, girls or shy shake hands or scream to rush to the camera to grab Take a photo with the aunts and mothers, blame uncle, blame uncle, and scare them all away.

Walking here when you have time is a good choice!