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Day: 16 December 2020

Kolbadi House

Kolbadi House

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Kolbadi House is located in Anbar-e no alley, in Sari city, Mazandaran, the province. this Qajar monument that is today converted into the museum, is one of the remaining buildings of Isfahani style of architecture that was added to the list of Iran...
Mausoleum of Sheikh Shahab-ed-Din Ahari

Mausoleum of Sheikh Shahab-ed-Din Ahari

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Sheikh Shahab-ed-Din Mahmood Ahari was a famous seventh and eighth century mystic scholar and this mausoleum was built on his grave long after his death. In existing sources, the construction of this mausoleum is attributed to the Safavid monarch Shah...
Googed Stronghold (Arg e Googad)

Googed Stronghold (Arg e Googad)

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The historical Googed Stronghold is located in Isfahan, close to the city Golpayegan. This stronghold has a history older than four hundred years. It was one of the most important structures positioned along the main pathways of caravans. There is also...
Historic Arg-e Gogad

Historic Arg-e Gogad

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The Historic Arg-e Gogad is located in Isfahan Province near to Golpayegan city. Being related to more than 400 years ago, this castle has been one important structure along the main route of caravans. In addition, a document has been explored from...
Khalid Nabi Cemetery

Khalid Nabi Cemetery

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Khalid Nabi Cemetery or Cemetery of the Prophet Khaled is a shrine and cemetery, located in ninety kilometers northeast of Gonbad-e Kavous and fifty-five kilometers of Kalaleh in Gorgan province. Khalid Nabi Cemetery can be found at six kilometers of...
Tomanians's Mansion

Tomanians’s Mansion

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The Tomanians’s Mansion in Vinag village is a building related to Qajar period on the top of a rocky hill made by Sarkis Tomanians. for this reason, its structure has not obeyed the archetype of Iranian nor Islamic appearances and is similar to...
Sanandaj Church

Sanandaj Church

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At the final days of Safavid dynasty, during the reign of Shah Abbas II about two hundred and fifty years ago, the Armenians were driven out by the Ottoman Empire, to Iran. They were warmly greeted by the Iranian in all cities, including Sanandaj,...
Mausoleum of Sheikh Abu al-Hassan Kharaqani

Mausoleum of Sheikh Abu al-Hassan Kharaqani

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Bastam is a city near Shahroud which can be called the city of mystics. In addition, to be the host of Bayazid Bastami, it has embraced the tomb of Abu al-Hassan Kharaqani, too. It is one of the main spiritual tourism destinations in Iran. Sheikh...
Babak Fort

Babak Fort

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Babak is a fort located at the top of a mountain close to Kaleybar City in East Azerbaijan Province which is attributed to Babak Khorramdin, the Iranian commander who rebelled against Abbasids after Abu Moslem Khorasani. This pick is placed in...
Espakhu fire temple

Espakhu Fire Temple

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The fire temples are reminiscents of ancient times and until today they stand alone on the top of the mountains, in the heart of the plains. Even though they are not lit anymore, the glory and grandness of their history can be sensed through their...
Taheri Mansion, the Museum of Ethnography

Taheri Mansion, the Museum of Ethnography

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Bushehr is an ancient city. There are numerous historical monuments that prove this fact and they include remains of Ramardeshir, Gur-e Dokhtar Tomb, and Shoghab Cemetary. They go back to Sassanid and Parthian Empires. Additionally, Bushehr is the city...