The City of Isfahan

                Isfahan stands in a wide and fertile valley at an altitude of 1590 m,  North latitude and  East longitude, with a temperate climate, at the heart of Iran. It has good water supply, for the Zayandeh-Rud (the Life-Giving River) flows through it from west to east. The origins of Isfahan are as ancient as Iranian history.

                In the 17th century A.D. Isfahan was laid out as an entirely new city, then as one of the largest cities of the world, alongside the old with a group of the finest series of buildings in the world, such as new mosques, palaces, bridges, streets and parks. It was referred to as Nisf-i-Jahan (half the world).

Architecturally Isfahan is the ultimate application of town planning, road design, water-works, bridges, and structural and civil engineering.