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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
J.068
Alternate Identifier
B10.068
Subcollection
J: Isfahan
Abstract
A view through the pier arches.
Description
The Bridge of 33 arches, or the ‘si-o-seh pol’ in Persian, is so called because of the 33 pier arches that run continuously along its length. The bridge was commissioned in 1602 by Shah Abbas I and was originally known as the Allah Verdi Khan Bridge, after the name of the general who was responsible for its construction. -SK
Image Notes
Photograph created 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly cataloged as B10.068. Notes written on the slide or index: Bridge of 33 Arches.
Curator Notes
Due to the symmetry of the bridge, we cannot know for sure which side this was taken onThis side is the closest to J.67, and so is the most likely.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Isfahan, Iran
Keywords
Bridge, Stone, Brick, Masonry, Arches, Pointed Arches, River, Piers, Seventeenth Century, Safavid
Image Location
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