UNESCO site built in the Safavid era of Persia. The main square was a Polo stadium!
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The tomb of the Great King Cyrus the Great 539–538 BC - who first wrote down the doctrine of Human Rights on his Cyrus Cylinder, freed the Jewish people from Babylon and is a holy figure mentioned in the Torah, Bible and Qoran
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The former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran
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The ancient palace complex of the Achamaeneid King Darius
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The tombs of the great poets Hafez and Saadi in Shiraz - the ancient city of Poetry, Love and Wine
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The Imperial Gate to Splendour of the old capital
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A Historical building from the Timurid era
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The Tabatabayi House and Amari House Pictured, all with fountain pools
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Yusef Abad and Haim Synagogues pictured
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The mausoleum of the ancient Persian physician and polymath who was a father of modern medicine
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One of the largest of Iran's 800 churches. Built in 1606, the active church was dedicated to the hundreds of thousands displaced Armenian people due to the Ottoman War.
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The symbolic "Liberty Tower" combining elements of old and new
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This is a ceremonial building which survived the burnings of Alexander the Great
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Ghare Kelisa is an Armenian monastery in West Azerbaijan, Iran. After being damaged by an earthquake in 1319, it was rebuilt, leaving little known about it's origin.
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This small pavilion and Unesco-listed gardens was built about 1750 with detailed latticework and stained glass windows.
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The largest adobe building in the world. Built 579–323 BC.
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The Palace of the legendary Ardashir - built into the mountains
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A huge cylindrical imposing tower built in 1006
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A Capital of the Mongol Ilkhanid rulers of Iran in the 14th century
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Mythical Spring for 6th millenium BC
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The City of Windcatchers - which still has a sizeable Zoroastrian and Jewish community
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Apparently King Solomon used to imprison monsters in the crater....
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Inscriptions dedicated to the Zoroastrian religion on a cliff
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The structures date back to 12,000 years ago....
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No one knows the history of this city from 3200 years BC, though some ancient cups (and the first artificial eyeball) have been found there
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One of the first irrigation systems ever created, from 500BC
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Have you played #AssassinsCreed ? The worlds first assassin (and creator of the cult of assassins) had his castle here
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A group of cottages and resort established by the former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The slopes have fantastic powder.
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Ancient necropolises of the Achaemeneid dynasty (550-330 BC) cut into cliff faces
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