Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jāmé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841.

Now city officials plan to raze what they call "unauthorized structures," restore the original trapezoidal plan and clear the area around the mosque. That proposal has split Isfahan's cultural ...

2014 Report on the ICOMOS Advisory Mission to Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (C 1397), 29 June - 3 July 2014 The ... connection between the new galleries and the historic walls of the mosque. The north ...