Iran
Central Iran
Isfahan

Chehel Sotoun

Chehel Sotoun is a 17th century pavilion and garden, in , . It was commissioned by Abbas the Great and completed by Shah Abbas II, both Safavid Shahs, mostly for royal entertainment and receptions.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: palace in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Chehel Sotoun Palace”, “Chehel Sotun”, “Chehel Sotūn”, “Chehelsotūn”, “Chehol Sotūn”, “Jahan Nama Palace”, and “Vierzig-Säulen-Palast”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: 13ehnam, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ali Qapu and Hasht Behesht.

Castle
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is an imperial palace in , . It is located on the western side of , opposite to , and had originally been designed as a vast portal entrance to the grand palace which stretched from the square to Chaharbagh Boulevard. is situated 450 metres east of Chehel Sotoun.

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or is a 17th-century pavilion in , . It was built by the order of Suleiman I, the eighth shah of Safavid Iran, and functioned mainly as a private pavilion. is situated 480 metres south of Chehel Sotoun.

Museum
Photo: Mostafameraji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of Isfahan, Iran, is located in a building that dates from the 15th century Timurid era. The building includes large halls and a veranda which are decorated by muqarnas and stucco. This building became a museum in 1988. is situated 200 metres northeast of Chehel Sotoun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isfahan and Jey Shir.

Photo: Gire 3pich2005, CC0.
is a city in central Iran, south of Tehran and is the capital of . Due to its beautiful hand-painted tiling and magnificent public square, it is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Neighborhood
is a village in Jey Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 1,972, in 519 families. is situated 7 km southeast of Chehel Sotoun.

Neighborhood
is a village in Jey Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 253, in 65 families. is situated 7 km east of Chehel Sotoun.

Chehel Sotoun

Latitude
32.65739° or 32° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
51.67177° or 51° 40′ 18″ east
Elevation
1,582 metres (5,190 feet)
Open location code
8H4HMM4C+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244274794
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
417857
Wiki­data ID
Q16566
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chehel Sotoun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأربعون عمودا”
  • Arabic: “چهل ستون”
  • Armenian: “Չեհել Սոթուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çəhəl Sütun Sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Чәһел Сүтун һарайы”
  • Basque: “Txehel Sotun lorategia”
  • Basque: “Txehel Sotun”
  • Belarusian: “Чэхель-сатун”
  • Bulgarian: “Чехел Сутун”
  • Catalan: “Chehel Sotoun”
  • Chinese: “四十柱宫”
  • Chinese: “四十柱宮”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çehel Sutun”
  • Dutch: “Chehel Sotoun”
  • French: “Chehel Sotoun (Isfahan)”
  • French: “Tchehel-Sotoun”
  • German: “Chehel Sotun Palast”
  • German: “Tschehel Sotun”
  • Hebrew: “צ’הל סותון”
  • Hindi: “चहल सोटुन महल”
  • Italian: “chael soton”
  • Italian: “Chehel Sotoon”
  • Italian: “Chehel Sotoun”
  • Italian: “Chihil Sutun”
  • Italian: “Kakh-e Chehel Sotun”
  • Italian: “چهل ستون‎‎”
  • Japanese: “チェール・ソトゥーン”
  • Japanese: “チェヘル・ソトゥーン宮殿”
  • Kirghiz: “Чехел Сотун”
  • Korean: “체헬 소툰”
  • Mazanderani: “چلستون”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chehel Sotoun”
  • Persian: “چهل ستون”
  • Persian: “چهلستون”
  • Persian: “چهل‌ستون”
  • Polish: “Pałac Czterdziestu Kolumn”
  • Russian: “дворец Чехель Сотун”
  • Russian: “Чехель Сотун”
  • Russian: “Чехель-сотун”
  • Slovenian: “Čehel Sotun”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Chehel Sotun”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Chehel Sotún”
  • Swedish: “Chehel Sotun”
  • Turkish: “Çehel Sütun Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Чехель Сотун”
  • Urdu: “چہل‌ستون”
  • Uzbek: “Chihil sutun”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn Chehel Sotun”
  • Western Panjabi: “چہل‌ستون”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chehel Sotoun”. Photo: Zenith210, CC BY-SA 3.0.