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7 sin |
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the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Norouz, the traditional Persian new year. The haft sin table includes seven items specificly starting with the letter S or Sîn |
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Khaju Bridge (pol-e khajoo) |
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Is one of the most famous bridges in Isfahan. Shah Abbas II built it on the foundations of an older bridge around 1650. It has 23 arches and is 105 metres long and 14 metres wide. |
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The great Cyrus tomb |
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known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was a Persian emperor. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.
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Hafez tomb |
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The great poet in Iran |
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Mashhad is notably known as the resting place of the Imam Reza (Ali ibn Musa al-Rida). |
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A shrine was later built there to commemorate the Imam, which in turn gave rise to increasing demograp |
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Chehel Sotoun (also Chehel Sotoon) |
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In this palace, Shah Abbas II and his successors would receive dignitaries and ambassadors, either on the terrace or in one of the stately reception halls.
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33 pol (Sio Se Pol) |
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The Bridge of 33 Arches, also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, is one of the eleven bridges of Esfahan, Iran. |
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The Anahita Temple |
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One of two archaeological sites popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient deity Anahita. The larger known of the two is located in Kermanshah Province. The other is located at Bishapur. |
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Prominence 4,667 m (15,312 ft) Ranked 12th |
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is a dormant volcano in Iran. Located in the middle Alborz Range |
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It is part of Azadi cultural complex |
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located in Tehran's Azadi square in an area of some 50,000 m². There is a museum and several fountains underneath the tower.
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He is best known for his poetry, and outside Iran, for the quatrains (rubaiyaas) in Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. |
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His substantial mathematical contributions include his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, which gives a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle. |
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Bagh e Melli (The National Garden) |
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Where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, The National Museum of Iran and the future National Museum of Post are located.The compound is located in central Tehran. |
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Perspolis |
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Near Shiraz founded by Darius I in 518 BC
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