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Ali Qapu

palace in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
Place palace Q2429287

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
palace, cultural property, architectural landmark[5][6]
Award received
Aga Khan Award for Architecture[2]
Country
Iran[4]
Has use
museum[15]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.657°, 51.677°
Architectural style
Safavid architecture[9]
Commissioned by
Abbas the Great, Abbas II of Persia[7][8]
Date of official opening
1595, 1604, 1614, 1643[19][20][21][22]
Different from
Ali Qapu (Qazvin), Ali Qapu (Tabriz), Ali Qapu (Tehran)[24][25][26]
Directions
اصفهان، میدان امام، برغربی میدان[29]
Elevation above sea level
+1573[27]
Floors above ground
+5[17]
Height
+48[28]
Heritage designation
Iranian National Heritage[18]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
District 3[3]
Located on street
Naqsh-e Jahan Square[16]
Made from material
brick, adobe, plaster, tile, wood[10][11][12][13][14]
Native label
عالی قاپو[23]
Offers view on
Naqsh-e Jahan Square[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aali Qapu en Ālī Qāpū en Ali Qapu ar عالي قابو cs Vysoká porta cs Alí Qapu es Palacio de Ali Qapu fa Āli Qāpu - عالی‌ قاپو fa عالی‌قاپو fa عالی قاپو he עאלי קאפו it Kakh-e Ali Qapu it Palazzo Ali Qapu ja アーリー・ガープー宮殿 ja アリ・カプ宮殿 ko 알리 카푸 ru Али-Капу sv Ali Qapu-palatset tr Âli Kapı zh 阿里卡普宫
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alighapodibajizahra.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
12072
Freebase ID
/m/06g4z9
GeoNames ID
6533377
Iranian National Heritage registration number
104
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
50998
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012405367505171
OpenStreetMap way ID
807478006

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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Tehran 2026-09-26 S/PAL · IR GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Made from material 5
wood, brick, tile, plaster, adobe
Instance of 3
palace, cultural property, architectural landmark
Commissioned by 2
Abbas the Great, Abbas II of Persia
Architectural style 1
Safavid architecture
Award received 1
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Belongs to 1
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Country 1
Iran
Different from 1
Ali Qapu (Tabriz)
Has use 1
museum
Heritage designation 1
Iranian National Heritage
Located on street 1
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Offers view on 1
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
← Different from 1
Ali Qapu (Tabriz)
← Inspired by 1
Schloss Klessheim
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Summary

Ali Qapu is a palace[1].

FAQs

What awards did Ali Qapu receive?

Honors received include Aga Khan Award for Architecture[2].

Related Entities

Abbas II of Persia Abbas the Great Iran

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. Retrieved . tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . iranicaonline.org. iranicaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . iribnews.ir. iribnews.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . iranicaonline.org. iranicaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . archnet.org. archnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . iranicaonline.org. iranicaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image of interior → Ālī Qāpū (6).jpg
    Wikidata description → palace in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||id, tr */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 24w ago · ArasbaranIran · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Different from → Ali Qapu (Qazvin), Ali Qapu (Tabriz), Ali Qapu (Tehran)
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 32.65713888888889, 'lon': 51.67666666666667}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → District 3
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image of interior: Ceiling of Ālī Qāpū.jpg"
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