Khaju Bridge

The Khaju Bridge in Isfahan, Iran, is one of the ancient bridges on the Zayanderud, the Iranian Plateau's biggest river. It connects the Khaju quarter on the north bank with the Zoroastrian quarter over the Zayanderud as both a bridge and a weir. It is situated at the end of Isfahan's Kamal Ismail Street.

In the past, the bridge operated primarily as a structure and a venue for public gatherings. It has been dubbed the city's most beautiful bridge. Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Persian art scholars and revivalists, are buried nearby in a mausoleum.

Khaju was built approximately 1650 by the Persian Shah Abbas under the Safavid Dynasty and served as a bridge, a dam, and a popular public meeting spot. It has 23 arches spanning 133 meters, however because to the Chadegan Reservoir dam erected in 1972 for a huge hydropower project, the Zayanderud is dry for most of the year. Unfortunately, much of the liveliness that was formerly in the city center has been subdued as a result of this.

Location: Isfahan, Iran