Naqsh-e Jahan Square
The Naqsh-e Jahan Square, also known as the Shah Square prior to 1979, and sometimes known as the Imam Square, is a square situated at the center of Isfahan, Iran.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Emam Sq.”, “Imam Square”, “Meidan Emam”, “Meydān-e Emām Khomeinī”, “Meydān-e Naghsh-e Jahān”, “Naghsh-e jahan”, “Naghsh-e Jahan Square”, “Naghsh-i Jahan”, “Naghsh-i Jahan Square”, “Naqsh-e Jahan”, “Naqsh-i Jahan Square”, “Royal Square of Esfahan”, “Shah square”, and “The Royal Square of Esfahan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and Ali Qapu.
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Mosque
Ali Qapu
Castle
Chehel Sotoun
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isfahan and Jey Shir.
Isfahan
Jey Shir
Neighborhood
Jey Shir is a neighborhood in the city of Isfahan in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. Jey Shir is situated 6 km southeast of Naqsh-e Jahan Square.
Jowharan
Neighborhood
Jowharan is a neighborhood in the city of Isfahan in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. Jowharan is situated 7 km east of Naqsh-e Jahan Square.
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
- Categories: cultural property and architectural landmark
- Location: Isfahan, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.65737° or 32° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
51.67767° or 51° 40′ 40″ east
Elevation
1,570 metres (5,151 feet)
Open location code
8H4HMM4H+W3
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Naqsh-e Jahan Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحه نقش جهان”
- Arabic: “ميدان الإمام”
- Arabic: “ميدان نقش جهان”
- Armenian: “Նաղշե Ջահան”
- Asturian: “Plaza de Naqsh-e Yahán”
- Azerbaijani: “Nəqşi Cahan meydanı”
- Bashkir: “Имам майҙаны”
- Basque: “Naqsh-e Jahan plaza”
- Belarusian: “Плошча Імама”
- Belarusian: “Плошча імаму”
- Belarusian: “Плошча Нахш-е Джахан”
- Bengali: “নকশে জাহান চত্বর”
- Bulgarian: “Нагш-е Джахан”
- Bulgarian: “Наш-е Джахан”
- Burmese: “နာ့ခ်ရှီဂျာဟန်ရင်ပြင်”
- Catalan: “plaça Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Catalan: “Plaça Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Chinese: “伊斯法罕廣場”
- Chinese: “伊斯法罕皇家廣場”
- Chinese: “伊玛目广场”
- Chinese: “伊瑪目廣場”
- Croatian: “Nakš-e Džahan”
- Croatian: “Nakši Džahan”
- Czech: “Naqš-e džahán”
- Dutch: “Meidan Emam”
- Dutch: “Meidan Enam”
- Dutch: “Naghshe Jahan”
- Dutch: “Plein van de Emam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان دور العالم”
- Esperanto: “Placo Nakŝ-e Ĝahan”
- Finnish: “Meidan Emam”
- French: “Meidan Emam”
- French: “Place de l’Imam”
- French: “Place Naghch-e Djahan”
- French: “place Naghsh-e Jahan”
- Galician: “Praza de Naqš-e Jahān”
- Georgian: “იმამის მოედანი”
- German: “Meidan-e Emam”
- German: “Meidan-e Schah”
- German: “Meidan-i Imam”
- German: “Meidan-i-Imam”
- German: “Naghsch-e Jahan”
- German: “Naqsch-e Dschahan”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Νακσ-ε Τζαχάν”
- Gujarati: “નક્શ-એ જહાન મેદાન”
- Hebrew: “כיכר נג’ש-י ג’אהן”
- Hebrew: “מיידאן-אה אימאם”
- Hebrew: “מיידאן-י אמאם”
- Hebrew: “נאקש-אה ג’האן”
- Hebrew: “תמונתו של העולם”
- Hungarian: “Majdán”
- Hungarian: “Nags-e Dzsahán tér”
- Indonesian: “Lapangan Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Indonesian: “Lapangan Naqsh-e Jehaan”
- Italian: “Meidān-e Emām”
- Italian: “Meidān-e Shāh”
- Italian: “Piazza dell’Imam”
- Italian: “Piazza dello Scià”
- Italian: “Piazza Imam”
- Italian: “piazza Naqsh-e jahàn”
- Italian: “Piazza Naqsh-e jahàn”
- Japanese: “イマーム広場”
- Japanese: “エスファハーン広場”
- Korean: “에맘 광장”
- Korean: “에맘광장”
- Korean: “이맘 광장”
- Korean: “이맘광장”
- Latvian: “Nakše Džahānas laukums”
- Lithuanian: “Imamo aikštė”
- Maithili: “मेदन इमाम, इसफहान”
- Malay: “Medan Naghsh-i Jahan”
- Maltese: “Meidan Imam”
- Maltese: “Meidan-e Emam”
- Maltese: “Meidan-i Imam”
- Maltese: “Pjazza ta‘ Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Maltese: “Pjazza ta’ Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Maltese: “Pjazza tal-Imam”
- Mazanderani: “نقش جهون میدون”
- Mongolian: “Нагш-и Жахан талбай”
- Nepali: “मेदन इमाम, इसफहान”
- Nepali: “मेदन इमाम”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Ossetian: “Имамы æхсæнвæз”
- Panjabi: “ਨਕਸ਼ ਜਹਾਨ ਮੈਦਾਨ”
- Persian: “میدان امام اصفهان”
- Persian: “میدان امام”
- Persian: “میدان شاه”
- Persian: “میدان نقش جهان اصفهان”
- Persian: “میدان نقش جهان”
- Persian: “نقش جهان”
- Polish: “Plac Imama”
- Portuguese: “Meidan Emam”
- Portuguese: “Praça de Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Russian: “Площадь Имама”
- Russian: “Площадь Накш-э Джахан”
- Serbian: “Nakš-e Džahan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nakš-e Džahan”
- Slovenian: “Nakš-e Džahan”
- South Azerbaijani: “نقش جهان مئیدانی”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Naghsh i Jahan”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Naghsh-i Jahan”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Naqsh-e Yahan”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Naqsh-e Yahán”
- Spanish: “Plaza Naghsh i Jahane”
- Spanish: “Plaza Naghsh-i Jahane”
- Swedish: “Imamtorget”
- Swedish: “Meidan Emam”
- Swedish: “Naghsh-e Jahan torget”
- Swedish: “Naqsh-e Jahantorget”
- Tamil: “இமாம் சதுக்கம்”
- Tatar: “Имам мәйданы”
- Telugu: “నక్ష్-ఇ జహాన్ స్క్వేర్”
- Turkish: “Nakş-e Cihan Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Nakş-ı Cihan Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Nakşi Cihan Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Площа Імама”
- Urdu: “نقش جہاں میدان”
- Uzbek: “Naqshi Jahon maydoni”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Naghsh-i Jahan”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Naqsh-e Jahan Square”
- Waray (Philippines): “Plaza Naqsh-e Jahan”
- Western Panjabi: “نقش جہاں میدان”
- Wu Chinese: “伊玛目广场”
- Yue Chinese: “伊瑪目廣場”
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