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Chehel Sotoun - Isfahan, Iran<br> North Africa/Middle East picture - Beautiful wall paintings of the palace built during the Safavid Dynasty (1502-1736) in Isfahan. "Chehel Sotoun" means "Forty Pillars" in Persian. It refers to the twenty pillars that carry the ceiling of the giant pavilion facing the garden. Why then the name Forty Pillars when there are only twenty? Well, the reflection of the twenty pillars in the huge fountain in front of the palace are taken into account, and together with them there are forty pillars!
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Beautiful wall paintings of the palace built during the Safavid Dynasty (1502-1736) in Isfahan. "Chehel Sotoun" means "Forty Pillars" in Persian. It refers to the twenty pillars that carry the ceiling of the giant pavilion facing the garden. Why then the name Forty Pillars when there are only twenty? Well, the reflection of the twenty pillars in the huge fountain in front of the palace are taken into account, and together with them there are forty pillars!
North Africa/Middle East
