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Month: December 2020

Bilankuh's Tombs

Bilankuh’s Tombs

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Bilankuh also known as Vilankuh is one of the Tabriz’s neighborhoods. The fame of this neighborhood to “Bilankuh” is derived from the several tombs related to famous characters buried there. Bilankuh’s tombs have always been...
Timurid Chahartaq in Shiravan

Timurid Chahartaq in Shiravan

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Timurid Chahartaq in Shiravan belongs to Timurid dynasty. It is the resting place of Amir Timur. There is a description over the tomb of this military leader that indicates he died in 1405. It is natural that the building is made at the same date. To...
Burj-i Mehmandust

Burj-i Mehmandust

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Burj-i Mehmandust, also known as Burj-i Masumzadeh, is located in the south of Mehmandust village, close to Emamabad, on the Shahrud route. It is twenty kilometers distant from northeast of Damghan city, in the province of Semnan. Burj-i Mehmandust...
Temple of Anahita

Temple of Anahita

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Anahita Temple, the second glorious stone building after Persepolis in Iran, has been constructed on a natural hill by using the platform method. Anahita in ancient Persian rituals was the Goddess of Water, guardian angel of fountains and rain and...
Chopoghi Wind-Catcher

Chopoghi Wind-Catcher

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Sirjan’s pipe shape windward (Chopoghi Wind-Catcher) is the remaining part of old house belonging to Agha Seyed Ali Asghar Razavi house (one of the physicians in Sirjan), related to Pahlavi’s era and a combination of architecture and industry...
Ali Qapu

Ali Qapu

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Ali Qapu is one of the four main buildings of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, each positioned in one of the borders surrounding the square.  It differs from the other three constructions. Ali Qapu is neither a mosque nor the gateway of a bazaar,...
Jameh Mosque of Dezful

Jameh Mosque of Dezful

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Dezful is the city of bricks. Many beautiful and eye-catching structures can be found in each alley that have been decorated with masterful architectural ornaments. One of them is Jameh Mosque of Dezful. It was built in the early years of the Islamic...
Dezak Castle

Dezak Castle

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Dezak Castle is located in southeast side of Dezak village in the Kiar County, one of the four districts of Bakhtiari. It constitutes thirty-five kilometers of Shahr-e Kord. This castle is bearing the signs of activities of Persian Constitutional...
Khaan Bathhouse

Khaan Bathhouse

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Mohammad Taqi Khaan Baqi was one of the rulers in Yazd who governed this region in 52 years, from the late Afsharid to the early Qajar period; the complex pf Khaan and Dowalt Abad Garden of Yazd were built in his time.Khaan complex includes bazar,...
Khwaju Kermani tomb

Khwaju Kermani tomb

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The name of Shiraz is tied up with tombs of poets such as Saadi and Hafez, however, it should not be missed the chance to visit Khwaju Kermani’s tomb when we travel to Shiraz. If you go to the Qur’an Gate, which is located at the...
Alamut Castle

Alamut Castle

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Alamut castle, one of the unique historical castles in Iran, is located in the northwest of Qazvin province on the top of rock with 200 m height upper than the surrounding lands. This castle consists of two upper and lower castles built as a great...
Bampour Castle

Bampour Castle

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Bampour Castle of Iranshahr is one of the most important castles in the vast lands of Baluchestan. It is located on top of a man-made hill. Being a military base, when it was first constructed, it was strategically situated so that it would be able to...