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Day: 17 December 2020

Tomb of Bozorgmehr Qaini

Tomb of Bozorgmehr Qaini

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Tomb of Bozorgmehr Qaini is located in the heights of Ghahestan Mountain, in the city of Qaen of South Khorasan Province. Upon visiting this site, one will wonder how all the materials have been carried for the structure to be built in this location....
Darmian-Furg Citadel

Furg Citadel

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Furg Citadel, also known as Mirza Rafi’ Khan Citadel, is located in a land with cold-weather north to Furg Village, five kilometers from Darmian County and one hundred and ten kilometers west of Birjand, in South Khorasan Province. This citadel is...
Rab-e-Rashidi

Rab-e-Rashidi

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The town of Rab-e-Rashidi also known as Abvab-Alber complex of Rashidiyya has been located on the Northeast of Tabriz. The historical core of this town had been made during the golden ages of Ilkhanid dynasty under the advisory of Rashid-al-Din...
Ali Shah's Mosque

Ali Shah’s Mosque

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Current remains called “Ali-Shah Ark” are actually a part of an older architectural complex in which This older part includes a mosque built by minister Ali-Shah. from the archeological explorations, it seems that thick columns with the...
Ghotb al-Din Heidar Mausoleum

Ghotb al-Din Heidar Mausoleum

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This complex includes the Ghotb al-Din Heidar mausoleum (the famous mystic and one of the Uzbeks princes descended from Turks Emperor), the porch of the old Jame mosque and Tabasi inn. The mausoleum building contains a high porch, entrance and the...
Arak Bazaar

Arak Bazaar

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Arak bazaar, an enclosed complex in an old area and in the center of Arak, was built by Mohamad Yousef Khan Gorji Sepahdari in the early Qajar era in the Fathali Shah reign in 1228 HA. This bazaar had always been one of the economic and trade center of...
Kushk-e Ardeshir in Bushehr

Kushk-e Ardeshir in Bushehr

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Kushk-e Ardeshir, also known as the Palace of Ardeshir, is located in the Poshtpar hills, close to a village with the same name and has very pleasant weather. It is a part of the Eram region in the Dashtestan County, about one hundred and fifty...
Masjed-e Jame of Yazd

Masjed-e Jame of Yazd

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Jame mosque or Kabir mosque of Yazd, is the wealth of Islamic art and architecture that it’s primary building was founded by,”Ala al-dule Kalinjar” instead of the ancient fire temple in the sixth century AD, and the current structure of...
Dokan-e-Davood Rock Tomb

Dokan-e-Davood Rock Tomb

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Rock tombs are holy places for burial of the dead and a large number of them can be found throughout the land of Kermanshah province. They represent the ancient rituals related to burial. One of the most important rock tombs of Iran is...
Khaju Bridge (Baba Roknedin Bridge)

Khaju Bridge (Baba Roknedin Bridge)

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Today’s Khaju Bridge was made on the ruins of the past from the late Timurid era by Safavid Shah Abbas II in 1060. This bridge is more famous than any other bridges of the river because of its architecture and tiles decoration. The Khaju...
Pahlavanpur Garden

Pahlavanpur Garden

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It is said that the name of Yazd province is knitted with desert, but because of its numerous qanats (sloping underground channel to transport water from an aquifer or water well to surface for irrigation and drinking), there can be found a lot of...
Rodkhan castle

Rodkhan castle

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Rodkhan castle or Hesami castle, a historical castle with the height of 665 to 715 m above the sea level is located beside a river with the same name. Some historians considered the building time of the castle the Sasanian period coincided with the...