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Sassanid era Ghaledokhtar (Maiden Tower) in Baku / Azarbaijan. Also known as Qiz Qalesi or Kiz Kulesi in Turkish, the structure had been target of many invasions and it was almost destroyed defending against Russian cannons in 1723.
Tags :Sassanid , Baku , Ghaledokhtar , Tower
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Tehran 50 meter high Azadi (Shahyad) Tower & Square under Construction in 1970. After completion, Standing guard like a sentry at the gates of Tehran, it became the symbol of modern day welcome-to-Tehran.
Tags :Tehran , Azadi , Square , Tower , Shahyad , Construction
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Deylami Tower in the village of Komrood in the Alborz Mountains near Noor. It’s the mausoleum of Fakroddoleh Deylami. The Deylami dynasty was one of the first Iranian resistence movements against the Arab invasion that led to fall of Caliph of Baghdad.
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Iranian flags waving around Azadi Square
Tags :Azadi , Square , Flag , Shahyad , Tower , Iranian Flag , Azadi Square
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Toghrol Tower Rhagae is the Mausoleum of Toghrol of Seljuk Empire
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Zoroastrian Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh) near Yazd, the greatest Zoroastrian community. In ancient times, these tombs so-to-say were built as the last resting place for the dead whose bodies were left there.
Tags :Yazd , Zoroastrian , Tower , Silence , Tomb
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The Clock Tower and Square of Sari On March 21, 1782, Agha Mohammad Khan proclaimed Sari as his imperial capital. For strategic reasons, later the capital was transferred to Tehran by Fathali Shah Qajar.
Tags :Sari , Clock , Tower , Square , Night , Mazandaran
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Siege Tower Achaemenid 2500 Celebrations
Tags :Siege , Tower , Achaemenid , 2500 Years , Celebration
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Rasht Municipality Clock Tower
Tags :Rasht , Municipality , Clock , Tower , Gilan
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Roodbar is always windy and windmill towers are a source of green energy that generate electricity
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Yazd : Tower of Silence
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West Radkan Tower in Kordkoy / Golestan Started in 1017 and finished in 1021 AD, it's the resting place of one of Tabarestan generals named Abu Jafar Mohammad
Tags :Radkan , Tower , Golestan , 1021 , Tabarestan
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The Aliabad Tower is located 42 km from Kashmar Mongol height:18m
Tags :Tower , Kashmar , Mongol , Khorasan , Brick
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Radkan Tower in Chenaran / Khorasan Razavi province
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Naderi observation tower was made of bricks near Bam to guide caravans
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Ghorban Tower Hamedan, Mausoleum of Hafez Abolala
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Shahyad Azadi Square Tower
Tags :Shahyad , Azadi , Square , Tower , Tehran , Azadi Square
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Gharluja Kliber Tower Mongol era East Azarbaijan
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Toghrol Tower in Rhagae is attributed to Toghrol Bey from the Seljuk dynasty. The 20m tall Brick has a 15m outer and 11m inner diameter and 24 sleeves. Inscriptions and most of inner decorations have been destroyed during Qajar era.
Tags :Rhagae , Toghrol , Tower , Seljuk , Toghrol Tower
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Tehran's symbolic Azadi Square on Dec, 26, 2009. The building has been recently washed and restoration work has recently taken place.
Tags :Tehran , Azadi , Square , 2009 , Shahyad , Tower , Azadi Square
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Pasargadae Stone Tower AKA Solomon Prison. It's believed to be the tomb of Cambyses of which only one 14m wall has been reconstructed similar to the Cube of Zoroaster in Naghshe Rostam. Some believe this building was the treasury or fire temple.
Tags :Pasargadae , Stone , Tower , Cambyses , Achaemenid , Tomb
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Golestan's Gonbad Kavoos Dome is the world's tallest Tower made of bricks. Built in 11th century AD during Al-Ziar dynasty, it's 55m tall.
Tags :Golestan , Kavoos , Dome , Brick , Tower
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Gonbad Qabus 72m Tower located in Golestan Province (formerly known as Dasht-e Gorgan) is a remnant of Ziyarid architecture; it is still the tallest pure-brick tower in the world, an enormous decagon a conic roof forming the golden ratio (Phi = 1.618)
Tags :Gorgan , Golestan , Gonbad-e Qabus , Tower , Ziyarid Dynasty
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The 72m high Gonbad Qabus decagon with 3m-thick wall, divided into 10 sides, has a diameter of 17m . The Tower was built on such a scientific and architectural design that at the front of the Tower, at an external circle, one can hear one's echo.
Tags :Gorgan , Golestan , Gonbad-e Qabus , Tower , Ziyarid Dynasty
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Statue of Arash Archer, the legendary Iranian hero in front of Tehran's iconic Milad Tower.Arash shoots his arrow at dawn, which traveled a great distance before finally landing and so marking the future border between the Iranians and the Aniranians.
Tags :Tehran , Milad , Tower , Arash , Archer , Arash Kamangir , 2012 , Iranian Flag
