Si-o-se Pol
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The Si-o-se Pol (Persian: سی وسه پل, pronounced [siː oˈseh pol],[1] which means 33 Pol, literally 33 Bridge) or the Bridge of 33 Arches, also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, is one of the eleven bridges of Esfahan, Iran. It is highly ranked as being one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design.
Commissioned in 1602 by Shah Abbas I from his chancellor Allahverdi Khan Undiladze, an Iranian ethnic Georgian, it consists of two layers of 33 arches. There is a larger base plank at the start of the bridge where the Zayandeh River flows under it, with a mounted tea house there.
 33 Pol outer view. |
 33 Pol inner view. |
 Another view |
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- About Si-o-Seh Pol
- 33 Pol (also Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge at wikimapia.org
- Nagel Publishers (1968). Iran.
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