LIST
OF ARCHITECTURAL & ARCHEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS IN IRAN
(Province wise in alphabetical order) |
| Ardabil Province |
Hamadan (contd.) |
| Ardabil |
Mausoleum of Avicenna -
20th century |
| Chini Khaneh -14th century |
Mausoleum of Baba Taher
- 20th century |
| Jannat Sara Mosque -14th century |
The Shrine of Esther and Mordecai
- 13th century |
| Khaneghah (dervish monastery)
- 14th century |
The Stone Lion - 4th century
BC |
| Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi -14th
century |
Kerman |
| Qandil Khaneh -14th century |
Bath House - 19th century |
| Shahidgah (martyrdom site)
- 14th century |
Ebrahim Khan Madraseh -
19th century |
| Sheikh Ismail's tomb-chamber
-14th century |
Friday Mosque - 14th century |
| Tombs of Safavid Kings -15th
- 16th centuries |
Ganj Ali Khan Bath - 17th
century |
| Kalkhoran |
Gonbad-e Jabalieh (Tower)
- 2nd millennium AD |
| Mausoleum of Sheikh Jabrail
- 16th century |
Khajeh Atabeg Mausoleum
- 12th century |
| Tomb of Firuz Shah -16th century |
The Anglican Church of St.
Andrew - 20th century |
| Tomb of Seyed Hamza - 16th
century |
Vakil Caravanserai - 19th
century |
| Tomb of Seyed Mohammad Iraqi
- 16th century |
Mahan |
| East Azarbaijan Province |
Historical garden Bagh-e
Tarikhi - 18th-19th centuries |
| Tabriz |
Mausoleum of Shah Nematollah
Vali - 15th century |
| Arg-e Tabriz (Citadel) - 14th
century |
Kermanshah Province |
| Church of St. Mary - 12th
century |
Around Kermanshah |
| Church of St. Serkis - 17th
century |
Bisotun (Behistun) - The
Rock carvings of 5th century BC |
| Constitutional House - 19th
century |
Dokkan-e Davoud - a Median
Tomb of 7th cent. BC |
| Covered Bazaar - 15th century |
Ruins of Dinavar - 14th
century |
| Friday Mosque - 15th century |
Taq-e Bostan - Sassanian
rock carvings - 4th century AD |
| Masjed-e Kabud (Blue Mosque)
- 15th century |
Taq-e Girra - Sassanian
rock carvings |
| Sadeqieh School - 15th century |
Temple of Anahita at Kangavar
- 200 BC |
| Talebieh School - 15th century |
Mound of Kambadene - Achaemenian-Sassanian
times |
| Fars Province |
Khorasan Province |
| Around Shiraz |
Mashhad |
| Bishapur (Ancient Ruins) -
2nd century AD |
Shrine of Imam Reza - 9th
century |
| Fasa and Firuazabad (Ruins)
- 3rd century AD |
Gowharshad Mosque - 1405-1418 |
| Naqsh-e Rajab -
Rock carvings |
The Nader Shah Mausoleum
- 20th century |
| Naqsh-e Rustam -
archaeol. site of 5th century BC |
Gonbad-e Sabz (the Green
Dome) - 17th century |
| Pasargadae -
archaeological site of 6th century BC |
Around Mashhad |
| Persepolis -
archaeological site 6th-5th centuries BC |
Ghadamgah Mausoleum - 17th
century |
| Shiraz |
Harunieh Garden (Mausoleum)
- 16th century |
| Armenian Church - 17th century |
Mausoleum of Khajeh Rabi
- 16th century |
| Attiq Friday Mosque - 9th
century |
Toroq - Ruined caravanserais
from 16th-17th cent. |
| Mausoleum of Hafez - 20th
century |
Neishabur |
| Mausoleum of Saadi - 20th
century |
Shrine of Mohammad Mahrugh
- 1570 |
| Narenjestan - 19th century |
Khuzestan Province |
| New Mosque - 13th century |
Chogha Zanbil - archaeol.
Site - 2nd millennium BC |
| former Karim Khan's Mausoleum
- 18th cent. |
Susa - archaeological site
of 4th millennium BC |
| Shah Cheragh Shrine - 19th
century |
Mazandaran Province |
| Simon the Zealot Church -
19th century |
Amol |
| Takieh Haft Tanan - 18th century |
Boq'eh Se Seyed or Mir Heidar
Mausoleum -12th cent. |
| Vakil Mosque - 18th century |
Gonbad-e Naser al-Had -15th
century |
| Hamadan Province |
Gonbad-e Shams-e Tabarsi
-15th century |
| Hamadan |
Imamzadeh Ibrahim Mausoleum
-16th century |
| Ancient site of Anahita Temple
- 1st-2nd centuries AD |
Imamzadeh Mir Boozing Mausoleum
-17th century |
| Borj-e Qorban - 13th century |
Babol |
| Ganj Nameh - Achaemenian rock
carvings |
Mausoleum of Sultan Mohammad
Taher -15th century |
| Gonbad-e Alavian - 12th century |
Shrine of Qassem ibn-Musa
Kazim - 9th century |
| Hekmatane Hill - archaeological
site -9th-4th cent. BC |
|
| Ilam Province |
Orumieh |
| Izeh - Rock carvings of 1200
BC |
Friday Mosque - 12th century |
| Kerman Province |
Seh Gonbad (funerary tower)
- 12th century |
| Bam |
|
| Arg-e Bam (Citadel) - remains
of town from BC |
Yazd |
| Tehran Province |
Towers of Silence - 5th
century AD |
| Qum |
Chak Chak - Zoroastrian
Fire-temple |
| Ali ibn Abil Ma'ali Sanctuary
- 1360 |
City Walls - 12th century |
| Ali ibn Jafar Sanctuary -
1339 |
Amir Chakhmaq Mosque - 15th
century |
| Ibrahim Sanctuary - 1321 |
Friday Mosque - 14th century |
| Khaja Imad ud-Din Sanctuary
- 1389 |
Shrine of twelve Imams -
11th century |
| Shrine of Hazrate Fatemeh
Ma'ssumeh - 18th century |
Zanjan Province |
| Tehran |
Sultanieh |
| Imam Mosque - 19th century |
Oljaitu's Mausoleum - 14th
century |
| Golestan Palace - 19th century |
Qazvin |
| Motah'hari Mosque - 19th century |
Friday Mosque - 12th century |
| Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini
- 20th century |
The Prophet's Mosque - 19th
century |
| West Azarbaijan Province |
Heidariyeh Mosque - 12th
century |
| Maku |
The Shrine of Imamzadeh
Hossein - 16th century |
| Armenian Church of St. Thaddeus
- 11th cent. |
Mustawfi's Mausoleum - 15th
century |
| |
The Castles of the Assassin
- 11th-12th centuries |
| NATURE OF IRAN |
| Mountains |
|
Lakes |
|
| Name |
Height |
Name |
Area (sq. km) |
| Damavand |
5628 |
Orumieh |
4868 |
| Alam Kouh |
4850 |
Namak Lake |
1806 |
| Sabalan |
4811 |
Bakhtegan |
750 |
| Takht-e Soleyman |
4643 |
Maharlou |
208 |
| Hezar |
4465 |
Parishan |
43 |
| Dena (Dinar) |
4409 |
|
|
| Zard Kouh |
4221 |
|
|
| Choupar |
4135 |
Deserts |
|
| Shir Kouh |
4055 |
Name |
Area (sq. km) |
| Oshtoran Kouh |
4050 |
Dasht-e Kavir |
97944 |
| Karkas |
3895 |
Dasht-e Lut Kavir |
95804 |
| Alvand |
3580 |
Abarkouh Kavir |
1319 |
