{"id":212,"date":"2019-03-05T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carpetmove.info\/en\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2019-03-05T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:22:11","slug":"about-isfahan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carpetmove.info\/en\/about-isfahan\/","title":{"rendered":"About Isfahan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"212\" class=\"elementor elementor-212 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e28efa7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"e28efa7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e5c48c\" data-id=\"1e5c48c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48c6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d48c6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Isfahan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4663b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4663b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-425ba04\" data-id=\"425ba04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583a3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-advanced-text-block\" data-id=\"583a3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"advanced-text-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"futurio_extra_adv_text_block \" ><p class=\"text-content-block\"><p>In the middle of Iran with the\u00a0<strong>Zagros mountains<\/strong>\u00a0to the left and the desert to the right, lays the city of Isfahan; Today, it is an important industrial city with a population of 1.2 million inhabitants. For many people Isfahan probably is the main attraction in Iran. Architecturally, the city is a masterwork and one of the finest in the Islamic world. The great\u00a0<strong>Imam square<\/strong>\u00a0with two mosques together with the palaces, the parks and the old bridges creates a mood that lets the visitor feel that this really is the Orient.<\/p><p>Isfahan was the capital of the country during the\u00a0<strong>Safavids dynasty<\/strong>\u00a0(1502-1736). The powerful\u00a0<strong>Shah Abbas<\/strong>\u00a0(1587-1629) was a great believer of architecture, art and handicrafts. During his time the Imam square were built, looking like a large caravan. In its southern end rises the enormous\u00a0<strong>Imam mosque<\/strong>. It is thought by lots of people to be the finest mosque in the country. On one of the long sides lies the\u00a0<strong>Lotfollah mosque<\/strong>\u00a0and opposite the\u00a0<strong>Ali Qapo palace<\/strong>. The whole square is surrounded by shops for miniatures, gold, sweets and textiles together with a lot of tea houses. The great bazaar stretches from the northern part of the square a total of 5 kilometres, towards the older parts of the city and the\u00a0<strong>Jame mosque<\/strong>\u00a0from the 11th century. It is easy for a visitor to realize the meaning in a Persian saying from the 16th century:\u00a0<em>\"Isfahan nesf-e jahan - Isfahan is half the world.\"<\/em><\/p><p>In the city and in its surroundings a large number of workshops can be found. Many of them have a world reputation such as<strong>\u00a0Seirafian<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Davari<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Enteshar<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Haghighi<\/strong>. The patterns are often inspired by the mosques tile works, or the gardens of the cities and palaces. Carpets from Isfahan have high class when it comes to the composition of the patterns, materials and designs. They are characterized by thin, often carpets with extremly high knot density (Shah Abbas pattern), but figural motifs also occur.<\/p><p>Along the large shopping streets the carpet stores are very close together, and in the hotels exhibitions are put up to attract buyers. There is also larger carpet bazaar in the surrounding countryside, selling the<strong>\u00a0Yalameh<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Bakhtiar<\/strong>\u00a0carpets for example. These carpets are also sold under the name\u00a0<em>Esfahan.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Isfahan In the middle of Iran with the\u00a0Zagros mountains\u00a0to the left and the desert to the right, lays the city of Isfahan; Today, it is an important industrial city with a population of 1.2 million inhabitants. For many people Isfahan probably is the main attraction in Iran. 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