2 http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/michaelasanda-1360139-esfahan-ali-qapu2/ The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is one of the largest city squares in the world and an outstanding example of Iranian and Islamic architecture. It has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Piaţa regală a fost construită de Şahul Abbas cel Mare (1587-1629) care în anul 1598 hotărăşte construirea noii sala capitale, cea mai impozantă capitală a lumii islamice, supranumită „perla orientului” sau „jumătate de lume” Piaţa regală Naghsh-e Jahan face parte din Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO Ālī Qāpū (Turko-Persian word for Imperial Gate) is a grand palace in Isfahan, located on the western side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square which was originally designed as a vast portal in the early 17th century and then it turned to a six-story palace with a series of additional architectural elements over a sixty year period to accommodate court functions Ali Qapu (în persană şi turcă însemnând Poarta Imperială) este un palat important din Isfahan situat pe latura de vest a pieţei regale Naqsh-e Jahan. Destinat iniţial să fie poartă de intrare a ajuns un impozant palat cu o înălţime de 48 de metri (şapte nivele). În 1993, municipalitatea ieşeană a semnat un protocol de înfrăţire cu oraşul iranian Esfahan. The building, another wonderful Safavid edifice, was built by decree of Shah Abbas the Great in the early seventeenth century. It was here that the great monarch used to entertain noble visitors, and foreign ambassadors. Shah Abbas, here for the first time celebrated the Nowruz (New Year's Day) of 1006 AH / 1597 C.E. The lower floors are uninteresting and were clearly used as quarters for guards, and the security of the upper apartments was further enhanced by the uncomfortably steep and narrow stairways which lead up and down within the building. The highly ornamented doors and windows of the palace have almost all been pillaged at times of social anarchy. Only one window on the third floor has escaped the ravages of time. Ālī Qāpū was repaired and restored substantially during the reign of Shah Sultan Hussein, the last Safavid ruler, but fell into a dreadful state of dilapidation again during the short reign of invading Afghans Uşile şi ferestrele superornamentate ale palatului au fost jefuite în perioada anarhiei sociale şi doar fereastra de la etajul trei a scăpat teafără. Palatul a fost restaurat în timpul domniei ultimului conducător din dinastia safavidă, Şahul Sultan Hussein dar a fost din nou jefuit în timpul scurtei stăpâniri afgane. Sound: Alireza Eftekhari - Tasnif Karevan Iran Text and images slide 4: Internet Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu Nicoleta Leu Copyright: All the images belong to their authors Arangement: Sanda Foişoreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda Ali Qapu is a Safavid palace in Isfahan, Iran which was originally designed as a vast portal in the early 17th century and then it turned to a six-story palace with a series of additional architectural elements over a sixty year period to accommodate court functions. Building materials used for the structure of the Ali Qapu are mud and baked brick based on the foundation of the quarried stones. Vaulted ceilings of mud brick are richly decorated with painted, carved stucco and cutout Muqarnas in the sixth floor ‘music room’. As it can be seen cutouts on the surfaces of the Muqarnas in the shapes of ceramics and glassware have created delicate and fine surfaces which can also meet the acoustical characteristics of a complex and unique Helmholtz cavity absorber due to their various forms and disparate air volumes behind them. * Ālī Qāpū (Turko-Persian word for Imperial Gate) is a grand palace in Isfahan, located on the western side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square.and was originally designed as a vast portal. It is forty-eight meters high and there are seven floors, each accessible by a difficult spiral staircase. In the sixth floor music room, deep circular niches are found in the walls, having not only aesthetic value, but also acoustic. The name Ālī Qāpū, from Arabic Ālī, "Imperial or Great", and Turkic Qāpū meaning "gate", was given to this place as it was right at the entrance to the Safavid palaces which stretched from the Maidan Naqsh-i-Jahan to the Chahār Bāgh Boulevard. The building, another wonderful Safavid edifice, was built by decree of Shah Abbas the Great in the early seventeenth century. It was here that the great monarch used to entertain noble visitors, and foreign ambassadors. Shah Abbas, here for the first time celebrated the Nowruz (New Year's Day) of 1006 AH / 1597 C.E. * *