Widely accepted places tagged “iran”

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Amol

Amol (Persian: آمل [ɒˈmol]; ) is a city in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Bardak Siah Palace

Bardak Siah Palace (Persian: کاخ بردک‌سیاه) is the name of the site of an ancient Achaemenid Persian palace situated in the ancient city of Temukan near the township of Borazjan in the northern part…

🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city

Anshan (Persia)

Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan (Persian: تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city.

🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex

Hafshuye Mosque

The Hafshuye Mosque (Persian: مسجد جامع هفت شویه), also known as the Jameh Mosque of Haftshuyeh, is a former Shi'ite Friday mosque, in a ruinous condition, located in Haftshuyeh, in the province of…

🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city

Bābā Jān Tepe

Bābā Jān Tepe (Tappa), an archeological site in north-eastern Lorestan province (34° north latitude, 47° 56' east longitude), on the southern edge of the Delfān plain at approximately 10 km from…

🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city

Darband Cave

Darband Cave is a Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran, located on the north side of a deep tributary canyon of the Siahrud River, a tributary of the Sefīd-Rūd River that…

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Farhād Tarāsh

The Farhād Tarāsh (Persian: فرهاد تراش), or Tarāsh-e Farhād, is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Kashafrud

Kashafrud Basin (Persian: کشف‌رود) is an archaeological site in Iran, known for the Lower Palaeolithic artifacts collected there; these are the oldest-known evidence for human occupation of Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city

Geoy Tepe

Geoy Tepe (also Gök Tepe) is an archaeological site in northwestern Iran, about 7 kilometers south of Urmia (Reżāʾīya), Gug Tappeh.

🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress

Gerdkooh Hills

Gerdkooh ancient hills (Persian: تپه باستان گردکوه) consists of three hills, the tallest of which is 26 m in height. Their history has been estimated to date back to the Iron Age.

🇮🇷 Iran · Necropolis

Bani Surmah

Bani Surmah is a late Sumerian necropolis, located on a plateau of Pusht-i Kuh, in the heart of central Zagros, Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Kurit Dam

The Kurit Dam (Persian: سد کریت or سد کوریت) is a decommissioned arch-gravity dam at the edge of Iran's Dasht-e Kavir. It is located 56 km away from Tabas, Iran, near the eponymous village of Kurit.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Khone-ye Div

Khone-ye Div (pers خانه دیو, also known as: Khune-ye Div) – An archaeological site located in Iran, in the Razavi Khorasan province (historical land of Khorasan).

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

The Castle of Aamaj (from Arabic: قلعة آماج, (Persian: قلعه آماج), Aamaj castle is one of the most significant examples for trench-enclosed, fortified structures in the Kukherd District, Hormozgan province in south Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Khosrow Parviz hunting ground

Khosrow parviz hunting ground (Persian:شکارگاه خسرو پرویز) or Tape-ye-moradhasel or Morad-Hassel Tepe (Persian:تپه مرادحاصل) is an ancient Sasanid complex in the north of Kermanshah city in western Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Harireh

Harireh is an ancient 8th century city located in what is now Kish, Iran. It is situated in the center of the northern coast of the island. Its area is about 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).