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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is a mosque on the eastern side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, built under Shah Abbas I in the early seventeenth century. It is renowned for the tilework of its dome and interior. Accounts of the Safavid Empire cite it as part of Isfahan's architectural ensemble.

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sheikh-lotfollah-mosque
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