ALLAHVERDIKHAN OR SI-O-SEH BRIDGE (BRIDGE WITH THIRTY-THREE ARCHES)
Read moreThe building connects the north to the south of Chahâr Bâgh Avenue, the main Arpahan artery and then to the Djolfa district. Dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century (1603), when this neighborhood was just invested by the Armenians, he owes his name to a general of King Shah Abbas, the famous warhead for the work. He had imagined the bridge as a point of exchange between the two communities, and forced travelers to spend the night there. Trade could be commercial, with a bazaar, but also cultural, with rooms planned for performances, storytellers, jugglers… So that the bridge quickly became one of the most living places of Ispahan after its construction. With its thirty-terois arcades on two levels, this magnificent book is still the largest bridge in Ispahan (298 m long over 14 m wide).