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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...
Meybod Dovecote

Meybod Dovecote

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Dovecotes were built as a place to collect the pigeons and other bird manure for use in agriculture.The pigeons manure had greatly used in the leather industry and gunpowder fabrication. Meybod dovecote tower is one of the historical monuments of Qajar...
Ashkezar Water Mill

Ashkezar Water Mill

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As a historical city, Ashkezar belongs to the pre-Islamic era. In historical texts, such as “the new history of Yazd”, it is attributed to the Parthian. Archeologists found an area near Ashkezar, which called Mohavateh Toodeh (the area of mass),...
Heydarzadeh's House

Heydarzadeh’s House

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Heydarzadeh’s house is a historical mansion situated in Magsoudiyya suburb of Tabriz on the south side of Tabriz Municipality building. There is no document showing the date of construction of this historical house, but studies...
Sanandaj Bazaar

Sanandaj Bazaar

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In most of the historical and large cities of Iran, we can find old bazaars that had to be a place for business many years. Sanandaj is not an exception to the rule and its historical roofed bazar is one of the main tourism attractions of the...
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus or Qara Kelisa

Monastery of Saint Thaddeus or Qara Kelisa

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Monastery of Saint Thaddeus or Qara Kelisa in Bah Bah Jik County, 20km of Chaldoran City, is located in the highest part of the West Azerbaijan Province in the south part if Maku Town. Gara means black and choosing the name Qara Kelisa for this...