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Day: 13 December 2020

Otagh Aeine (Mirror Room)

Otagh Aeine (Mirror Room)

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This house with 140 years antiquity is one of the most magnificent houses related to the Qajar era in Shahr-e Kord. Its alcove architecture is crossover which was common in the Qajar residential architecture. The mirror room is a part of a big edifice...
Cheshmeh Ali of Rey

Cheshmeh Ali of Rey

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The granite stones of Alborz, on one hand, and the fertile soil of Rey, on the other hand, reach together to create a wonderful spring boiling from the heart of the kind ground. Cheshmeh Ali is the name of an ancient ground in the southern hillsides...
Kalat Palace ( the Sun Palace)

Kalat Palace ( the Sun Palace)

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Kalat Palace known also as the Sun Palace, one of the most beautiful unfinished tower tomb, primarily was a mausoleum related to the Ilkhanid dynasty; the current building of this palace has been constructed on the remains of the old building in...
Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam-Neyshabur

Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam

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In ancient times, Neyshabur was one of the most important cities in Iran and the homeland of many great men of science, art and culture and today it hosts tourists who go to visit the relics of that period. Hakim Omar Khayyam is one of the prominent...
Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice (Laundry)

Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice (Laundry)

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Zanjan Rakhtshooy Khaneh edifice was built by two brothers whose name were Mashhadi Akbar (architect) and Mashhadi Ismaeil (the builder) by the architecture method of the late Qajar era and the early Pahlavi era with the order of municipal manager, Ali...
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

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Nasir al-Mulk Mosque (Persian: مسجد نصیر الملک, Masjed-e Nasir ol-Molk) is a construction with a marvelous architecture in the city of Shiraz in Fars province, which takes every viewer’ breath away with its play of light. Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is one of...
Zaman Khan Bridge

Zaman Khan Bridge

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Zaman Khan Bridge is a historical bridge that has been built in the honor of one of the commanders of Qashqayi clan over Zayanderud River. This bridge is located twenty-two kilometers north of Shahrekord, the center of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari...
Dogur Dopa

Dogur Dopa

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Kuhgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad may be a small province, but it is full of braveries. It is home to heroes like Ariobarzan and Lohrasb. It is the pearl of Zagros, and holds the Dena Mountain. It is full of oak trees, rivers and waterfall flowing in it has...
Taq-e Bostan

Taq-e Bostan

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Taq-e Bostan historical site is located on a hillside with the same name and next to the fountain in the northeastern fringes of the city of Kermanshah. The complex is built in the third century AD and enjoys a great artistic and historical...
Meybod Chapar Khaneh

Meybod Chapar Khaneh

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Located in the heart of the desert, Meybaod can be found sixty kilometers north of Yazd Province. It is an ancient city long known for its pottery. Its history can be proved by Narin Qal’eh, a castle that traces back to third millennium B.C. During...
Shams-e Tabrizi Mausoleum

Shams-e Tabrizi Mausoleum

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Beside the Mausoleum of Shams-e Tabrizi, one of the famous mystics (584-645 AH) and disciple of Rumi (the most famous Iranian poet), a cylindrical tower has been constructed by Shah Ismail Safavi who had a particular devotion to Shams. This hollow...
Naqsh-e Rostam

Naqsh-e Rostam

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Naqsh-e Rostam is a great treasure in the heart of the mountains of the historical region of Marvdasht, an area with magnificent and eyes-catching mountains that display ancient glory. In fact, this site, which contains monuments from the Elam...