WORLD LANDMARKS · 1598
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran
A saying from the time called Isfahan 'half the world'. The square is one of the largest city squares on Earth.
The story, as a puzzle
Half the world.
When Shah Abbas I made this city the capital of Safavid Persia, he laid out a vast square framed by two mosques, a palace and a bazaar. Pin the square.
Where it is
Think you'd have found it on the map?
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