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Month: December 2020

Dzordzor Chapel

Dzordzor Chapel

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Dzordzor Chapel, also known as Chapel of Holy Mother of God, is located twelve kilometers northwest of Saint Thaddeus Monastery, close to Baron Village, near the opening of a valley on West Azerbaijan Province and twenty kilometers from Maku. Name of...
Historical site of Yeri city

Historic Site of Yeri City

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Historic Site of Yeri City belongs to historical eras of the middle Paleolithic, bronze and iron ages, during which life began in this area about 8 thousand years ago and it was abandoned about four thousand years ago; today, the traces of fire is...
Khoda Rahm Khan Castle in Chaleshtar

Khoda Rahm Khan Castle in Chaleshtar

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Being considered as one of the oldest materials available to the human, stone plays the main role in the building of the lasting monuments. However, if we want to mention to one glorious construction of architecture and stone carving, among the...
Red Dome of Maragheh

Red Dome of Maragheh

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What is evoked by the name of Maragheh is its observatory, however, the existence of domes such as Red Dome, Blue Dome, Ghafarieh Dome made it to be famous as the city of domes. 140 kilometers after Tabriz you will reach a large, prospered and...
Asef Vaziri Mansion (Kurdish House)

Asef Mansion (Kurdish House)

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Asef Vaziri Mansion named “Kurdish house” as a symbol of Kurds tribe’s cultural identity is the most valuable cultural relics of Sanandaj. The original building of edifice construction contains the most parts of northern side which...
Ardabil Great Mosque

Ardabil Great Mosque

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Ardabil Great Mosque, which is also referred to as Masjid Jameh in some resources, is the remaining part of a great complex that has been built during different historical eras. But the high tide of the constructions was related to the Seljuk...
Jameh Mosque of Urmia

Jameh Mosque of Urmia

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Mosques and bazaars have long been two important social centers of Iran. The tourists usually visit these places during their trips to Iran for a better understanding of social aspects and lifestyle of people in each region. In Addition, the Jameh...
Falak-ol-Aflak Castle

Falak-ol-Aflak Castle

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Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, Twelve Tower Castle, Kakh-e Atabakan, are the different names of Dež-e Shāpūr-Khwāst in Khorramabad. It is called Falak-ol-Aflak which means the sky of all the skies since the Qajar dynasty. Being situated on the top of the...
Jabalie Dome

Jabalie Dome

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Jabalie Dome is a Seljuk monument which is called Treasure Dome, Gabri Dome (Zoroastrian Dome) and Jabal Sang (mountain stone), located in the eastern part of Kerman city. the appellation of Jabal Sang is because of using stone materials to build. The...
Jameh Mosque of Gorgan

Jameh Mosque of Gorgan

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The Golestan province has both pristine and beautiful nature like the Golestan forests, as well as historic cities such as Gonbad and Gorgan. Gorgan, the capital of the province, is an ancient city. Excavations at the Torang Teppe indicate that the...
Mulla Sadra House

Mulla Sadra House

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Mulla Sadra House is a historical building, where Sadr-ol Din Muhammad Shirazi titled to as Sadr-ol-Mote’allehin, and known as Mulla Sadra lived for fifteen years. He was born in 1572 at the time of Safavid dynasty. This Iranian philosopher decided to...
Siraf Port

Siraf Port

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Siraf Port is located in Bushehr Province along the coast of Persian Gulf. This part was highly prospered during Sassanid Period as the center of maritime commerce because it was the connecting port of Iran and the world through the Pars Sea. Siraf...