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IMAM KHOMEINY'S MAUSOLEUM AND BEHESHT-E ZAHRA CEMETERY
Religious buildings
It is an excellent way to realise the fervour that still surrounds the ...Read more
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MAUSOLEE YAHYA (EMAMZADE-YE YAHYA)
Sari
Religious buildings
The mausoleum, dating back to the th century, is located on a small square ...Read more
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DJOMEH MOSQUE
Semnan
Religious buildings
Note the th century door and inside the four iwan (half-domed niche), one ...Read more
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TARI KHANEH MOSQUE
Damghan
Religious buildings
The structure, pre-Islamic, dates back to the sassanide era. The entire ...Read more
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KHANUM MOSQUE
Zanjan
Religious buildings
Built in the th century. We met only a curious mullah who wore wool gloves ...Read more
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JAMEH MOSQUE
Kermanshah
Religious buildings
Built fifty years ago, this mosque intrigues by its eccentric interior. ...Read more
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BLUE MOSQUE (MASJED-E KABUD)
Tabriz
Religious buildings
As its name indicates, and to the image of its namesake of Istanbul, this ...Read more
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ST. STEPHEN'S MONASTERY
Jolfa
Religious buildings
Saint-Stéphane Monastery is one of Iran's Armenian jewels; it houses one ...Read more
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MENAR-E ALI'S MINARET (MENAR-E ALI)
Ispahan
Mosque to visit
Ali's minaret passes to be the oldest of the 43 minarets in Ispahan, ...Read more
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HOLY MARY ARMENIAN CHURCH (KELESA-YE MARYAM-E MOGHADDAS)
Tabriz
Religious buildings
The city has always sheltered a strong Armenian community, converted to ...Read more
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RELIGIOUS COMPLEX SOME-E BAYAZID BASTAMI
Bastam
Religious buildings
Two tombs, a mosque and a iwan are located in the heart of the same ...Read more
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MAUSOLEUM OF OMAR KHAYYÂM
Nishapur
Religious buildings
A monument erected in tribute to one of the greatest Persian poets, writers ...Read more
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ATESHKADEH-YE ESFAHAN (TEMPLE OF FIRE)
Ispahan
Religious buildings
About kilometres west of Isfahan, shortly after the barren overhauling, on ...Read more
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MAUSOLEUM OF FARID OD-DIN ATTAR
Nishapur
Religious buildings
The great mystic poet Attar (1150-1220), also known as the Prince of ...Read more
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SEIKH ZAHED MAUSOLEUM
Lahijan
Religious buildings
The blue pyramid roof of the monument and its situation in the middle of ...Read more
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BALOCH MOSQUES
Zahedan
Religious buildings
Scattered throughout the city, they would be in total. Very easily ...Read more
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FRIDAY MOSQUE
Natanz
Religious buildings
The site houses a burial complex with various buildings refurbished over ...Read more
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FRIDAY MOSQUE
Nain
Religious buildings
(Masjed-e Djomeh). The oldest elements of this famous mosque date back to ...Read more
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CAMEL DRIVER'S MINARET (MENAR-E SAREBAN)
Ispahan
Mosque to visit
With its 54 m high, the minaret of the chamelier is the highest in Ispahan, ...Read more
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MINARET OF THE FORTY GIRLS (MENÂR-E CHEHEL DOKHTARÂN)
Ispahan
Mosque to visit
Nearly 32 metres high, this minaret depended on a mosque built in 1107.Read more
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TOMB OF SAADI (ARAMGAH-E SAADI)
Chiraz
Religious buildings
Located at the foot of a charming hill and near a source, this marble ...Read more
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DANIEL'S MAUSOLEUM (ARAMGAH-E DANYAL)
Suse
Religious buildings
At the entrance, in the closed courtyard, a large, naive mural painting ...Read more
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TEKYE OF THE QADJAR PERIOD (TAKIEH MO'AVEN OL-MOLK)
Kermanshah
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
With religious inspiration, the whole qadjar style (1913) evokes Hossein's ...Read more
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MAUSOLEUM OF AVICENNA (ARAMGAH-E BUALI SINA)
Hamadan
Religious buildings
Built in 1954, this mausoleum is inspired by the ancient funeral tower of ...Read more
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ARMENIAN CHURCH
Orumiyeh
Religious buildings
The Armenian church, in clear brick, blends Byzantine and Persian Byzantine ...Read more
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FRIDAY MOSQUE
Gorgan
Religious buildings
Note the characteristic minaret of the Mazandaran dating from the th ...Read more
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IMAM REZA'S MAUSOLEUM (HARAM-E MOTAHHAR)
Mashhad
Religious buildings
The history of this mausoleum is combined with the establishment and ...Read more
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ALEXANDER PRISON AND MAUSOLEUM OF THE TWELVE IMAMS (BOQE-YE DAVAZDE EMAM)
Yazd
Religious buildings
Indeed Alexander the Great during his conquest of Persia passed in the ...Read more
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IMAM'S MOSQUE (MASJED-E EMAM)
Kerman
Religious buildings
Mosque of quadrangular plane headed by a dome and dating from the selçuk ...Read more
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ATTIQ MOSQUE (MASJED ATIGH)
Chiraz
Religious buildings
Mosque built in 894, whose original structure has almost disappeared as a ...Read more
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RABI MAUSOLEUM (BOGHE-YE KHAJEH RABI)
Mashhad
Religious buildings
This beautiful mausoleum in the martyrs' cemetery is one of the country's ...Read more
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NADIR SHAH MAUSOLEUM
Mashhad
Religious buildings
Located in a small park, not far from the sacred perimeter, the mausoleum ...Read more
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GREAT MOSQUE OF GOHAR SHAD (MASJED-E AZIM-E GOHAR SHAD)
Mashhad
Religious buildings
More interesting in architectural terms than the mausoleum of Imam Reza, ...Read more
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FRIDAY MOSQUE (MASJED-E-JOMEH)
Orumiyeh
Religious buildings
The impressive mosque of quadrangular shape is crowned with a very large ...Read more
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SANCTUARY OF THE IMAM REZA (BOQ'EH-YE GHADAMGAH)
Nishapur
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
The mausoleum of eighth Imam, Imam Reza, buried there at the beginning of ...Read more
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FRIDAY MOSQUE (MASJED-E DJOMEH)
Kerman
Religious buildings
It's definitely the most beautiful monument in Kerman. Erected in 1349 by a ...Read more
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CHURCH OF SAINT THADDEUS (GHARA KELISA)
Maku
Religious buildings
An essential visit. The church of Saint-Thaddeus in the village of ...Read more
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REGENT'S MOSQUE (MASJED-E VAKIL)
Chiraz
Religious buildings
Superb mosque of Vakil built during the Zand period (1751-1773) and ...Read more
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MIR-ROKNADDIN MAUSOLEUM
Yazd
Religious buildings
Built in the th century, in tribute to one of the descendants of the ...Read more
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MIRZA ALI AKBAR AND HAJI FAKR MOSQUES
Ardebil
Religious buildings
These buildings have little interest in the interior but have original ...Read more
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GANJALI KHAN
Kerman
Mosque to visit
The central courtyard of the mosque is accessible on the north side of the ...Read more
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MOSQUE NOUT (MOSQUE OF THE MARTYRS)
Chiraz
Religious buildings
The former Martyrs Mosque is one of Iran's largest mosques. Its inner ...Read more
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ALAVIAN GONBAD-E MAUSOLEUM
Hamadan
Religious buildings
This tomb of the xiith century of the Alavi family - large family during ...Read more
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MAUSOLEUM BABA TAHER (ARAMGAH-E BABA TAHER)
Hamadan
Religious buildings
This modern building is dedicated to Baba Taher, a Sufi poet in the Middle ...Read more
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DZORDZOR CHAPEL
Maku
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
The Chapelle chapel, in the extreme north-west of the country, close to the ...Read more
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SHAH NEMATOLLAH VALI MAUSOLEUM
Mahan
Religious buildings
In the crystalline air of Mahan, the turquoise tiled dome and its ...Read more
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MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM OF SHAH ABDOL'AZIM
Rey
Religious buildings
This is the country's third largest Shia pilgrimage Place (after Qom and ...Read more
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TCHALAGI OGHLI MAUSOLEUM
Soltaniyeh
Religious buildings
This mausoleum of 1320, much more modest and octagonal shaped like most ...Read more