Shah Mosque History

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The purpose of this paper is the share the history and architecture of the Shah Mosque. The Shah Mosque is located in Isfahan, Iran due to the Shah Abbas moved the capital to the central city of Isfahan, this was the greatest decision in Persian history because they completely accent city and it has better farming and was safer still to this day. The mosque took 18 years to create and was finished in 1629 by Ustad Ali Akbar Isfahani, Ustad Fereydun Naini and Ustad Shoja Isfahani. The style of the mosque is four-iwan format, meaning a vaulted space that opens on one side to a courtyard. The mosque uses 18 million bricks and 475,000 titles as well as marble on the lower half of the mosque. Decortated with the Haft Rangi method using seven

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