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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
A two-thousand-year-old network of dams, tunnels and canals on the Karun River, built by Achaemenid and Sassanid engineers…
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Iran
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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System — The Achaemenid and Sassanid Water Engineering Marvel of Iran
One of the most ambitious hydraulic engineering projects of antiquity — an Achaemenid-era irrigation system expanded under the…
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Soltaniyeh — Dome of Öljaitü
The largest brick dome in the world when completed in 1313 AD, Soltaniyeh's mausoleum of Sultan Öljaitü remained…
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Susa
One of the ancient Near East's greatest cities, Susa served as capital to Elam and the Achaemenid Empire,…
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Susa — Ancient Capital at the Crossroads of Civilizations
One of the world's oldest continuously occupied cities, Susa served for nearly three millennia as the capital of…
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Takht-e Soleyman
At 2,200 metres in the mountains of West Azerbaijan, a volcanic crater lake of mineral-blue water has been…
Tehran Train Station
Rising at the foot of Valiasr Street in southern Tehran, Tehran Train Station is one of the most…
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Tepe Sialk
Two earthen mounds on the edge of Kashan preserve 4,500 years of unbroken human settlement, the Iranian plateau's…
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The Persian Caravanserai — 54 UNESCO-Listed Roadside Inns of Iran
For a thousand years, the vast Iranian plateau was crossed by a web of roadside inns — caravanserais…
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