Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is a Shi'ite , located on the eastern side of , , . Construction of the mosque started in 1011 AH and was finished in 1028 AH.
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Photo: شهاب الدین علیشاهی, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—11:30 AM and 1:30 PM—4:45 PM
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Shia
  • Description: mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Masjid-i-Sjeik-Lutfullah” and “Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque”
  • Address: میدان نقش جهان
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ali Qapu and Chehel Sotoun.

Castle
Photo: Zahradibaji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an imperial palace in , . It is located on the western side of , opposite to Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, and had originally been designed as a vast portal entrance to the grand palace which stretched from the square to Chaharbagh Boulevard. is situated 200 metres west of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque.

Museum
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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. is situated 650 metres west of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque.

Photo: Ermackiyani8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 1 km southwest of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque.

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 6 km southeast of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque.

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 Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque.

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Latitude
32.6574° or 32° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
51.67869° or 51° 40′ 43″ east
Height
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8H4HMM4H+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244271852
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shia
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q856356
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد الشيخ لطف الله”
  • Armenian: “Շեյխ Լոթֆոլայի մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şeyx Lütfullah məscidi”
  • Bashkir: “Шәйех Лотфулла мәсете”
  • Bengali: “শেখ লুৎফুল্লাহ মসজিদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “शेख लुत्फ़अल्लाह महजिद”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамия на шейх Лотфолах”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita del xeic Lotf Allah”
  • Catalan: “oratori del Xa”
  • Chinese: “希克斯罗图福拉清真寺”
  • Chinese: “希克斯羅圖福拉清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Masjid-i-Sjeik-Lutfullah”
  • Dutch: “Sjeik Lutfallahmoskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الشيخ لطف الله”
  • Finnish: “Šeikki Lotfallahin moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Sheikki Lotfallahin moskeija”
  • French: “Mosquée du Cheikh Lotfallah”
  • French: “mosquée du Cheikh Lutfallah”
  • French: “Mosquee du Sheikh Lutfallah”
  • German: “Scheich-Lotfallah-Moschee”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד שייח‘ לוטפאללה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד שייח’ לוטפאללה”
  • Hindi: “शेख लुत्फ़ुल्लाह मस्जिद”
  • Hungarian: “Lotfolláh sejk-mecset”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Sheikh Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “Masjed-e Sheikh Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “moschea dello sceicco Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “Moschea dello sceicco Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “Moschea dello Sheikh Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “moschea Sheikh Lotf Allah”
  • Italian: “Moschea Sheikh Lotfallah”
  • Italian: “Moschea Sheikh Lotfollah”
  • Italian: “moschea Sheikh Lutfullah”
  • Japanese: “シェイク・ロトフォラー・モスク”
  • Japanese: “シェイフ・ロトフォッラー・モスク”
  • Japanese: “シャイフ・ルトゥフッラー・モスク”
  • Korean: “샤이흐 로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “샤이흐로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “세이크 로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “세이크 롯폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “세이크로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “세이크롯폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “셰이크 로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “셰이크 롯폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “셰이크로트폴라 모스크”
  • Korean: “셰이크롯폴라 모스크”
  • Lithuanian: “Šeicho Loftalos mečetė”
  • Lithuanian: “Šeicho Lotfalos mečetė”
  • Marathi: “शेख लोत्फ अल्लाह मशीद”
  • Mazanderani: “شیخ لطف‌الله مسجد”
  • Ossetian: “Сих Лютфаллайы мæзджыт”
  • Ossetian: “Сих Лютфаллайы Мæзджыт”
  • Persian: “مسجد شیخ لطف الله”
  • Persian: “مسجد شیخ لطف اللّه”
  • Persian: “مسجد شیخ لطف‌الله”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea lui Lotfollah”
  • Russian: “Мечеть шейха Лотфаллы”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Шейха Лотфоллы”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Шейха Лютфаллы”
  • Serbian: “Џамија Шејх Лутфулах”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija šejha Lotfalaha”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Šejka Lotfalaha”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del jeque Lotf Allah”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Sheikh Lotf Allah”
  • Spanish: “مسجدشيخلطفالّله”
  • Swedish: “Schejk Lutfullahs moské”
  • Turkish: “Şeyh Lütfullah Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Шейха Лютфалли”
  • Urdu: “شیخ لطف اللہ مسجد”
  • Urdu: “مسجد شیخ لطف اللہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shayx Lutfulloh masjidi”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیخ لطف اللہ مسجد”
  • “शेख लुत्फ़अल्लाह महजिद”

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