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 Sotoon”, “Chehel Sotoun (Isfahan)”, “Chehel Sotoun Palace”, “Chehel Sotun”, “Chehel Sotūn”, “Chehelsotūn”, “Chehol Sotūn”, “Chihil Sutun”, “Jahan Nama Palace”, “Kakh-e Chehel Sotun”, “Palacio de Chehel Sotun”, “Vierzig-Säulen-Palast”, “چهل ستون”, “چهل ستون‎‎”, “چهلستون”, and “チェール・ソトゥーン”
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ali Qapu and Hasht Behesht.

Castle
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is an imperial palace in , . is situated 450 metres east of Chehel Sotoun.

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or is a 17th-century pavilion in , . is situated 480 metres south of Chehel Sotoun.

Museum
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The of Isfahan, Iran… is situated 200 metres northeast of Chehel Sotoun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isfahan and Jey Shir.

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is a city in central Iran, south of Tehran and is the capital of .

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of … is situated 7 km southeast of Chehel Sotoun.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of … 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)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8H4HMM4C+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244274794
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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”
  • 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: “Tchehel-Sotoun”
  • German: “Chehel Sotun Palast”
  • German: “Tschehel Sotun”
  • Hebrew: “צ’הל סותון”
  • Hindi: “चेहेल सुतून महल”
  • Indonesian: “Chehel Sotoun”
  • Italian: “chael soton”
  • Italian: “Chehel Sotoun”
  • 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: “چهل‌ستون”
  • Polish: “Pałac Czterdziestu Kolumn”
  • Russian: “дворец Чехель Сотун”
  • Russian: “Чехель Сотун”
  • Russian: “Чехель-сотун”
  • Slovenian: “Čehel Sotun”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Chehel Sotún”
  • Swedish: “Chehel Sotun”
  • Turkish: “Çehel Sütun Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Чехель Сотун”
  • Urdu: “چہل‌ستون”
  • Uzbek: “Chehel sotun”
  • Uzbek: “Chihil sutun”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn Chehel Sotun”
  • Western Panjabi: “چہل‌ستون”

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