The Abbasi Hotel ( fa, هتل عباسی, formerly known as the "Shah Abbas Hotel", Persian: ) is a hotel located in
Isfahan,
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 ...
.
The whole complex was built at the time of king
Sultan Husayn of
Safavid about 400 years ago. Formerly known as the Mothers Inn caravanserai, it was built as a
caravanserai to provide lodging for travelers.
Upon the suggestion of French
André Godard
André Godard (21 January 1881 – 31 July 1965) was an archaeologist, architect and historian of French and Middle Eastern Art. He served as the director of the Iranian Archeological Service for many years.
Life
Godard was born in Chaumont. ...
(1881–1965), an archaeologist, architect, and historian of French and Middle Eastern Art.,
Abbasi Hotel review
/ref> the Cultural Heritage Organization of Isfahan and insurance company decided to proceed with the renovation of the caravansary.
The selected architect, Mehdi Ebrahimian, led the project to restore and reconstruct the caravanserai, committing to preserve the originality of the outward facade while renovating the caravansary's chambers and remodeling them into the hotel rooms.
The American expert on historical Persian art and architecture, Arthur Upham Pope, lauded the magnificence of the decoration of the new hotel, describing in detail works drawn from the different periods within Iran in a letter dated 1966.
The 1974 film ''And Then There Were None
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'', starring Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his ...
and Elke Sommer, was shot here.
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Hotels in Iran
Buildings and structures in Isfahan
Persian gardens in Iran
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