3D print the Shah Mosque of Isfahan
A free, printable model of the Shah Mosque with the long buildings, gardens and streets around it in Isfahan, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Shah Mosque of Isfahan
The Shah Mosque, in Isfahan, Iran, lies along the southern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. Its official names also include Imam Mosque and Imam Khomeini Mosque. Construction began in 1611, in the Safavid Empire, at the command of Abbas the Great, and finished around 1630. It counts among the masterpieces of Iranian architecture of the Islamic era, and it is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with Naqsh-e Jahan Square and other nearby structures.
The mosque was part of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square project, which began around 1590, but work on the mosque itself began only in 1611, possibly because of delays in buying the land. Dated inscriptions suggest it was probably finished around 1630–1, and the alabaster dadoes were added in 1638. The architect Ali Akbar Isfahani is named in the main foundation inscription, and Mohebb Ali Beg supervised the work. The Shah wanted the building finished in his lifetime, so shortcuts were taken, and in 1662 it needed major repairs.
Visitors enter by way of a monumental iwan, which is a vaulted space open on one side, with two minarets above it; the portal is around 27.5 m (90 ft) tall and the minarets 33.5 m (110 ft). The square does not face the qibla, so the large vestibule turns about 45 degrees to the southwest, letting the rest of the building follow the alignment needed for prayer. The main block measures around 100 by 130 m (330 by 430 ft). A huge dome covers the main prayer hall, reaching 52 m (171 ft) in height with a diameter of around 25 m (82 ft).
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 15 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 19 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 24 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Slender minarets
- Four thin minarets stand around the domes. Printing slowly with good cooling helps tall thin parts, and Print friendly adapts them to the print scale.
- Domes around an open courtyard
- A large ribbed dome and smaller domes surround an open courtyard. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curved ribs crisp, and a bigger print size keeps more of the small details.
- One piece with the ground
- The Shah Mosque of Isfahan is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Shah Mosque of Isfahan takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Shah Mosque of Isfahan is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Shah Mosque of Isfahan STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Shah Mosque of Isfahan grows with the print: about 15 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
