Beyond Shahrood and in the middle of the cemetery located in the skirts of the Shah Kooh Mountains, there are two tombs identical in structure and constructed of stone. The basic plan of the construction is a quadrilateral. The four walls of which are to the height of about 2 m. and built of slabs of stone and mortar. To one side is a door with a sky light above it. The base of stone supports the foundation for the dome constructed of slabs of stone and mortar. Rising to a height of about 4 m. this foundation bends to internally from the dome in the upper segment. The same is most probably a relic of the Sassanide era.
The township of Qazvin is bounded by Mazandaran and Gilan provinces on the north, the township of Takestan to the west, and to Bo'inn Zahra in the south, whereas the province of Tehran is to its east. The northern region of township is occupied by the Alborz Mountains ...
Alamut Castle is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in Qazvin Province. In 1090 AD, Alamut Castle was seized as a mountain fortress under the ...
The mausoleum of Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281-1349), well-known writer, geographer and historian is located in the city of Qazvin (region of the same name) and its ...
Dating back to Seljuk era, the towers have been built on the tombs of two prominent Seljuk figures: Abu Saeed Bijar, son of Sa’d; and Abu Mansour Iltay, son of ...
Sheikholeslam Mosque and Historical School (also known as Masoudieh Mosque) is situated in the Shohada Avenue of Qazvin. It was constructed under the orders of ...
This octagonal dome is located near the village of Aloulak and Niraq. The plinth of the construction is made of stone, and other parts are of brick.
In the middle ...
Ovan peak rises to about 3,750m and is located in the Alborz Mountain Range in the north of Roodbar. This summit is also known as Kheshteh Chal or Khashchal Mountain.
In ...
An old cemetery in northeastern Iran's Golestan province near the border with Turkmenistan, roughly 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Gonbad-e Kavous city, in the Gokcheh ...
Goor-e Dokhtar is an ancient tomb located in the province of Bushehr. The structure of 'Goor Dokhtar' (literally the daughter's tomb) is very similar ...
This historical graveyard is in the village of Pineh Shalvar (or Panbeh Shalvar) 6km. south east of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province (North-west of Iran). From ...
Zahirodowleh Cemetery in Tehran is located between Imamzadeh Ghasem and Tajrish on the north side of Tehran, where celebrities and politicians have been buried.
Shami Graveyard located in Shami village, north of Eazeh in Khuzestan Province. In this vicinity a large number of tombs resembling those belonging to the Sassanide ...
This Graveyard is located in the narrow valley of Cheshmak in a vacinity known as Michaku, and is related to the Parthian era. The graves are in rows, in a north-south ...
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