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Jamé Mosque of Isfahan

Tourist attraction Mosque

One of the Top rated Mosques in Isfahan


Address

Isfahan Province, Isfahan, Majlesi St, MM9P+V3C, Iran

Website

isfahanjamehmosque.com

Contact

+98 31 3445 6400

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (895 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Friday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Saturday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Sunday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Monday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 6 AM to 8 PM

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  • 5/5 Parisa M. 11 months ago on Google
    I would like to suggest that visit this place with a knowledgeable tourist guide, because it has a lot of mysteries and amazing stories that can change your idea about the history of Isfahan!
    13 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mohiddin sab Jalauddin Hasan M. 4 years ago on Google • 80 reviews
    Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān (مسجد جامع اصفهان), also known as the Friday Mosque (مسجد جمعه) or the Masjid Jameh Atiq (مسجد جامع عتیق), is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Isfahān city, within Isfahān Province, Iran. The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century. This is one of the oldest mosques still standing in Iran, and it was built in the four-iwan architectural style, placing four gates face to face. The mosque’s core structure dates primarily from the 11th century when the Seljuk Turks established Isfahan as their capital. Ablution fountain can be seen in the foreground. Under the reign of Malik Shah I (ruled 1072-1092) and his immediate successors, the mosque grew to its current four-iwan design. The mosque has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012. Built during the Umayyad dynasty, it is rumored in Isfahan that one of the pillars of this Mosque were personally built by the Caliph in Damascus. Prior to it becoming a Mosque, it is said to have been a house of worship for Zoroastrians. Responding to functional needs of the space, political ambition, religious developments, and changes in taste, over the centuries additions and modifications took place incorporating elements from the Mongols, Muzzafarids, Timurids and Safavids. Of the most note is the elaborately carved stucco mihrab commissioned in 1310 by Mongol ruler Oljaytu, located in a side prayer hall built within the western arcade. This part of a building is named Oljaytu Mosque. The exquisite stucco mihrab is adorned with dense Quranic inscriptions and floral designs. This domed interior was reserved for the use of the ruler and gives access to the main mihrab of the mosque. The cupolas and piers that form the hypostyle area between the iwans are undated and varied in style, endlessly modified with repairs, reconstructions and additions. Dome soffits (undersides) are crafted in varied geometric designs (inspect) and often include an oculus, a circular opening to the sky. Vaults, sometimes ribbed, offer lighting and ventilation to an otherwise dark space. The qibla iwan on the southern side of the mosque was vaulted with muqarnas during the 13th century. The qibla iwan is the only one flanked by two cylindrical minarets. Iwans were also added in stages under the Seljuqs, giving the mosque its current four-iwan form, a type which subsequently became prevalent in Iran and the rest of the Islamic world. Safavid intervention was largely decorative, with the addition of muqarnas, glazed tilework, and minarets flanking the south Qibla iwan. Linking the four iwans at the center is a large courtyard open to the air, which provides a tranquil space from the hustle and bustle of the city. Brick piers and columns support the roofing system and allow prayer halls to extend away from this central courtyard on each side. The roof of the mosque is a panoply of unusual but charming domes crowning its hypostyle interior.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mr H. 6 years ago on Google • 182 reviews
    This mosque keeps a history of 1000 years so, it is very important and ancient Mosque. Lot of Shiite Muslims around the world comes here to visit it because there is a tomb of Top Shiite Cleric of his era, Allama Majlisi in it. You can see the evolution of Iranian architecture by walking through its different halls. In roofed places, if you look at the dome ceilings you'll see beautiful tile decorations with special styles that each of them is different from the others. It's a big mosque indeed. It is located next to the grand bazaar.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alexandru I. 1 year ago on Google • 275 reviews
    One of the 3 UNESCO sites to be found in Isfahan and one of the oldest mosques in Iran. Beautiful place!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ehsantheguide 2 years ago on Google • 266 reviews
    astonishing thousand year mosque well known as the museum of islamic architecture. as you walk in you are stepping through history in this UNESCO site. while it is very beautiful and historical you HAVE to have a guide to explain what you can not see from this place

  • 5/5 Aliyeh J. 1 year ago on Google • 149 reviews
    Jame mosque of Isfahan or Atiq mosque is a picturesque historic congregational mosque I have visited till today. The site had several additions and renovations from 771 to the end of the 20th century. It is another excellent UNESCO world heritage site you can visit in Iran.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 mohamad m. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the oldest mosque in Iran. From every density after Islam you can find at least one element here. It one of UNESCO heritage site. If you have time you most go and enjoy it.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Victor I. 4 years ago on Google
    Amazing mosque! The colors are incredible and it is empty, so it is very easy to take all the pictures you want
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rohan P. 4 years ago on Google
    The largest mosque in Iran, this is an architectural marvel. Note that the timings aren't that great as they're closed from noon to 2 PM. However, you don't really need to enter the mosque and can appreciate it from the outside.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Darya-Ariela 2 years ago on Google
    Simply beautiful. You should visit this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 HY K. 8 months ago on Google
    The Great Mosque of Isfahan or the Friday Mosque, this wonderful and precious monument is of great artistic importance and is one of the most important and oldest religious buildings in Iran and world-famous. This mosque is one of the largest, most mysterious and secret mosques in the Islamic world, the main building was built in the first Islamic centuries on the basis of an ancient building associated with the late Sasanian period. The current appearance of the mosque is mainly associated with one of the relics of the Seljuk era, and the most important development projects were implemented during the Boyuid and Safavid periods. The Great Mosque of Isfahan reflects Byzantine and classical art in the form of a traditional and Islamic building in the Razi architectural style. The mosque contains many buildings, including: a courtyard with four balconies, doors, the Muzaffari madrasa, small domes from the Daylamite era, the dome of Nizam al-Mulk, the dome of Taj al-Mulk, the mihrab of Uljaitu (the most beautiful ornate and inlaid mihrab), and four famous balconies with names inscribed on them. Many people, students and dervishes. Each part of this building represents Islamic architecture in a certain period. The mosque also contains several entrances, each of which connects the mosque to the buildings surrounding it, and we can see all kinds of lines in Persian and Arabic on its walls.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Hashim K. 1 month ago on Google • 9 reviews New
    Why are the mosques closed in every other country all the mosques are open,I was really disappointed

  • 5/5 Mohamad M. 1 month ago on Google • 9 reviews New
    Jame mosque of Isfahan or architecture museum of Iran is where you can visit one of the oldest mosques in the world. Focus deeply in details of patterns and decorations to enjoy the real Persian architecture.

  • 4/5 PG 1 year ago on Google
    This masjid is beautiful and it’s very ornate. Like most masjids in Iran it is a museum and people come here to admire its Islamic architecture. However what most visitors and young Iranians don’t know is that this masjid was built on the site of one of the oldest and most ancient Zoroastrian fire temples. That temple or its ruins are probably buried deep beneath the masjid. Sadly though Iran has no fire temples left from its ancient glorious and magnificent past.

  • 5/5 mirzakhani b. 8 months ago on Google
    Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jāmé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841. It is the oldest preserved edifice of its type in Iran and a prototype for later mosque designs throughout Central Asia. The complex, covering more than 20,000 m2, is also the first Islamic building that adapted the four-courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture. Its double-shelled ribbed domes represent an architectural innovation that inspired builders throughout the region. The site also features remarkable decorative details representative of stylistic developments over more than a thousand years of Islamic art.

  • 5/5 Mohammad Javad N. 10 months ago on Google
    It's one of the oldest mosque in Iran. If you are fan of history you need to visit this place and also all the Isfahan is amazing.

  • 5/5 Naser S. 10 months ago on Google
    This Mosque is very Beautiful. I have been to Isfahan many times. The King Abbas square (Imam Square now) is magnificent and worth to visit . The 33 bridge or Si o se Pol and the Khajoo bridge are very beautiful to visit at night. This city is just a 5 star. If you are visiting the Middle East to see cultural sites put Isfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Istanbul on your list; I visited them all and they are worth it. I understand that getting a visa to enter Iran is a bit harder than Turkey.

  • 5/5 Mr H. 1 year ago on Google
    I have to admit that it's one of the most tourist attractions in the City which was formed and completed in the past historical dynasties showing how important it was. You will be wondering when you see inside & outside architecture and construction.

  • 5/5 mohsen k. 2 years ago on Google
    Built during the Umayyad dynasty, it is rumored in Isfahan that one of the pillars of this Mosque were personally built by the Caliph in Damascus. Prior to it becoming a Mosque, it is said to have been a house of worship for Zoroastrians.

  • 5/5 shervin n. 1 month ago on Google • 2 reviews New
    It's miraculous it's magical it's fantastic, visit if you are obsessed with history and architecture


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