TEHRAN-- A budget has been allocated for the study plans of the UNESCO-registered Soltanieh, which supports the third-largest brick dome in the world.There has actually been an allowance of one trillion rials ($2.5 million) for the study plans and conservation jobs of the 14th-century masterpiece in Zanjan province, the provincial tourist chief has said.Over the next 3 years, the budget plan will be spent on the related projects, Seyyed Saeid Safavi explained on Friday.Meaning Town of the Sultans , Soltanieh was briefly the capital of Persias Ilkhanid dynasty (a branch of the Mongol dynasty) during the 14th century.

It is positioned in Zanjan province, northwest Iran.Experts think that the brick dome is the earliest extant example of its type and became an essential recommendation for the later development of the Islamic dome.

The incredibly rich interior of the mausoleum, which includes glazed tiles, brickwork, marquetry, or styles in inlaid products, stucco, and frescoes, illustrates an important motion towards more fancy products and themes.The 14th-century structure, which is likewise famed as the Mausoleum of Oljaytu, is highly recognized as an architectural masterpiece, especially due to its innovative double-shelled dome and sophisticated interior decor.

The extremely imposing dome stands about 50 meters high from its base.

A great-grandson of Hulegu, founder of the Il-Khanid dynasty, Oljaytu was a Mongol ruler who, after dabbling in different religious beliefs, embraced the Shia name Mohammed Khodabandeh.Soltaniehs decoration is such remarkable that scholars, including A.U.

Pope, explained it as expecting the Taj Mahal.

It is the earliest existing example of the double-shelled dome in Iran.As pointed out by the UN cultural body, the Mausoleum of Oljaytu is a necessary link and crucial monument in the advancement of Islamic architecture in central and western Asia.

Here, the Ilkhanids further developed ideas that had actually been advanced during the classical Seljuk phase (11th to early 13th centuries), throughout which the arts of Iran got distinction in the Islamic world, thereby setting the phase for the Timurid duration (late 14th to 15th centuries), among the most fantastic periods in Islamic art.According to UNESCO, excavations performed in the 790-ha Mausoleum of Oljaytus home have actually exposed extra vestiges of the old city, and a large part of this property has actually retained its archaeological character.

As the ancient capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty, Soltanieh represents an exceptional statement to the history of the 13th and 14th centuries in Iran.ABU/ AM