Amir Chakhmaq Complex
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The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق, romanized: Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq; also Romanized Chakhmaq, Chakmaq, Chakhmagh, Chakmak) is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.[1] It is a mosque located on a square of the same name. It also contains a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery.[2] At night, the building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which makes it a spectacle.[3] During the Iran–Iraq War and the Iraq wars with the United States and Afghanistan, many Iraqis and Afghanis came to inhabit the Amir Chakhmaq Square.[2]
Amir Chakhmaq Complex | |
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مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق | |
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Type | Caravanserai |
Architectural style | Timurid Empire |
Location | Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran |
Coordinates | 31.893812°N 54.369466°E / 31.893812; 54.369466 |
Construction started | Timurid Empire |
Client | Jalal ed-Din Amir Chakhmaq Shami |