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PMR-D2492 Iran, Isfahan: Kakh-e Chehel Sotun (Chehel Sotun Palace = 40 Pillars Palace) was built in 1647 under Shah Abbas II in the Safavid era but rebuilt after a fire in1706. It follows the Achaemenid "talar" (porch with columns) style. Fresco in the Throne Hall: Nader Shah battles Sultan Mohammed (astride a white elephant), from the Qajar period. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, faience, tiling, minaret, arabesque, frescoes, reflections, pool

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Iran, Isfahan: Kakh-e Chehel Sotun (Chehel Sotun Palace = 40

Pillars Palace) was built in 1647 under Shah Abbas II in the Safavid era but rebuilt after a fire in1706. It follows the Achaemenid "talar" (porch with columns) style. Fresco in the Throne Hall: Nader Shah battles Sultan Mohammed (astride a white elephant), from the Qajar period.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, faience, tiling, minaret, arabesque, frescoes, reflections, pool