Si-o-se Pol

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Zayandeh

The Si -o- se Pol (Persian سی وسه پل, 0.33 Arch Bridge ') - known outside Iran as Allah - Verdi Khan Bridge - in the Iranian city of Isfahan is one of the three bridges over the Zayandeh, in addition to the Pol-e Shah Restan and the Pol-e Khaju. It is closed to traffic.

The bridge was built during the Safavid era and is considered a masterpiece of this period. It was in 1602 given by Shah Abbas I in order and built by his chancellor Allah Verdi Khan Undiladze, an Iranian Georgian origin. Commissioned by Shah Abbas I should connect ( the main artery of Isfahan to present) with the Royal Gardens Hazar Jaribs and the Armenian quarter of Julfa on the south bank of the river its four famous gardens.

Si -o- se Pol is a two storey viaduct, designed as a brick on stone pillars. It is 290.4 meters long and 13.5 meters wide. It consists - as the name says (Persian SIOSEH = 33) - from 33 arches. The main traffic is bordered on both sides of a portico. Wide stairs lead to the promenades which run along the entire bridge. At the end, where the river is, there is a much larger sheet on which a tea house is furnished. Originally supposed to have adorned the inner walls frescoes. However, these were removed because they were perceived as obscene.

To this day, you can drink tea in several located under the bridge roof teahouses and smoke Galyan. In dry summers the Zayandeh River does, sometimes very little to no water.