Pol Sangi ( fa, پل سنگی "Stone Bridge"; ) is a bridge in
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, over the
Quri River
The Quri River or Quru Chay or Quri Chay ( fa, قورو چای; az, Quru Çay قورو چای) is a river in East Azerbaijan province of Iran. It arises in the mountains east of Tabriz and joins the Aji Chay just northeast of central Tabriz ...
. The stone bridge belongs to the
Qajar
Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...
period and is located in
Chaiknar, in front of the Pol Sangi (Stone Bridge) Mosque. The bridge was registered as a national monument of Iran on August 1, 2005 with the registration number 12438.
References
* http://www.eachto.ir
External links
* Virtual Museum of ''Historical Buildings of Tabriz''
School of Architecture, Tabriz Islamic Art University.
* Tabriz Islamic Art University (دانشگاه هنر اسلامی تبریز), Tabriz, Iran (in Persian)
* Iranian Student's Tourism & Traveling Agency, ISTTA.
English,
Persian
Buildings and structures in Tabriz
Architecture in Iran
Bridges in Iran
Persian words and phrases
Transportation in East Azerbaijan Province
National works of Iran
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