Isfahan

Isfahan (Persian: اصفهان Esfahān), historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south ofTehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad. The Isfahan metropolitan area had a population of 3,430,353 in the 2006 Census, the second most populous metropolitan area in Iran after Tehran.

The cities of Najafabad, Se-deh (Homayounshahr, renamed Khomeinishahr since 1981), Khan Isfahan, Shahin-shahr, Zarrinshahr, Mobarakeh, Falavarjan and Fouladshahr all constitute the metropolitan city of Isfahan.

Isfahan is located on the main north-south and east-west routes crossing Iran, and was once one of the largest cities in the world. It flourished from 1050 to 1722, particularly in the 16th century under the Safavid dynasty, when it became the capital of Persia for the second time in its history. Even today, the city retains much of its past glory. It is famous for its Islamic architecture, with many beautiful boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, mosques, and minarets. This led to the Persian proverb "'Esfahān nesf-e jahān ast" (Isfahan is half of the world).

The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is one of the biggest city squares in the world and an outstanding example of Iranian and Islamic architecture. It has been designated byUNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The city also has a wide variety of historic monuments.

The songs used for this video:

Aref- soltaneh ghalb
faramaz aslani - age ye rooz
sattar - Ey asheghan


each and every photo you see on this video was taken off the following websites:




http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Esfahan/
http://travel.webshots.com/album/555179898LrAvug?start=0
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2705135960080932365fjjlty
http://www.syros.aegean.gr/users/nhad/Isfahan/Isfahan.htm
http://www.dejkam.com/iran/isfahan/
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/index.html
http://math.usask.ca/fvk/Iran%202003/Isfahan/
http://www.melotti.net/file/ricordi_di_viaggio/th_iran.htm
http://math.usask.ca/fvk/Iran%202003/Isfahan/




http://www.mui.ac.ir/photo_album/fa/01/0101/page_01.htm
http://travel.webshots.com/album/552350262RfmxjA
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2529/html/panorama.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/farhang/484657426/in/set-72157594249490158/
http://www.isfahan.us/
http://iran.iwarp.com/photo6.html




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[1203456789]

lol chandta axa male tehran bood! thanx anyway!

[PersianGalaxy]

mesheh beman begee kodum az un aksha az tehran bood?

[1203456789]

1:42 otoobane chamrane , oon borj sefidam sakhtemoonaye atisazan.

0:11 ham shabihe zaferanie saad abad too tehrane, amma motmaen nistam shayad esfehan bashe!

[PersianGalaxy]

@1203456789

1:42, is on Ferdossi street.

0:11, is on Chahar Baq Abbasi and Abbas Abad road, approximately 0.15 miles from Enghelab Square.

Trust me all the photos were taken from Esfahan, otherwise I wouldn't have put it on this video.

[doridorothy]

nice cities...

[ehsan1111ful]

who sing the last song in this clip?

[jandutch]

Isfahan is half the world..... After Tabriz, that is what the people in Tabriz say. 

[mdman126]

Thank you so much for posting these pics, it is highly appreciated. I've been away from Esfahan for 24 years but the roots of it's love has more and more deepened in my heart, i miss every inch of Esfahan, I hope we can all go back one day . Thanks again.

[sohrab2012]

آن که صعود کرد و آن که سقوط کرد؛ آن که رها شد و آن که گرفتار شد

به دستور مجتبی‌ خامنه‌ای سگهای ولایت (بسیجیها) را آزاد کردند تا به عزا دارن آیت الله منتظری حمله ور شدند و عکسهای آن مرحوم را پاره کردند.

[arashki]

0:11 ke taghaato'e ordibehesht va abaas abaad dar esfahaane. vali 1:42 ro nemidoonam :-)