Persian architecture facts for kids

Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan

Persian architecture or Iranian architecture is the name of the Architecture style of Iran from the Pre-Islamic period until the Islamic period of today. this type of architecture style including also the Persian Garden style.

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  Azadi Tower, by architect Hossein Amanat. His ideas were based upon classical and post-classical Iranian architecture.

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  The ruins of Persepolis, built 2500 years ago during the reign of the Achaemenid Empire.

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  Si-o-se Pol, one of the bridges of Isfahan.

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  The Eram Garden in Shiraz is an 18th-century building and a legacy of the Zand Dynasty.

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  A hujra (room) at Atabaki sahn at Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom.

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  Persian-style column as seen in Persepolis.

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  The Kharāghān twin towers, 1067 and 1093

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  The ancient Palace of Ardashir, constructed in 224 during the Sassanid Dynasty. The building has three large domes, among the oldest examples of such large-scale domes in the world.

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  The tomb of Seljuq sultan Ahmad Sanjar in Merv, Turkmenistan. The medieval structure with a typical Persian dome is a fine example of the Seljuq-period Persian architecture.

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  Ziggurats such as the UNESCO designated World Heritage Site of Chogha Zanbil, which relieved the flat monotony of the southern Khuzestan plane, were but "ritual imitations of the familiar sacred mountains which ring the Iranian plateau".

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  Hatra in Nineveh, Iraq. From the 3rd to 1st century BCE, although no archeological information on the city before the Parthian period but settlement in the area likely dates back to at least the Seleucid period. Hatra was a religious and trading center. Today it is a World Heritage Site, protected by UNESCO.

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  Dej-e Shapour-Khast

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  Sassanid Rayen Castle

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  Pasargad

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  Arg-e Bam

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  Persian Gardens: Khalvat-i Karim-khani, in the gardens of the Golestan Palace.

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  An example of a common shape of Persian dome and minaret at the Shah mosque in Isfahan, Iran.

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  The mosque of Isfahan international conference center – modern architecture of dome.

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  Houses: The 18th century Abbasian House, Kashan.

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  Towers and tombs: a design of the Seljuki era, Qazvin.

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  Jamkaran Mosque.

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  Gur Emir.

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  Iran Senate House Traditional Persian mythology such as the chains of justice of Nowshiravan and essences of Iranian architecture have been incorporated by Heydar Ghiai to create a new modern Iranian architecture.

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  Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Arts designed by Kamran Diba is based on traditional Iranian elements such as Badgirs, and yet has a spiraling interior reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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  Tehran University College of Social Sciences shows obvious traces of architecture from Persepolis.

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  Arg of Tabriz

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  Jameh Mosque of Varamin

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  Tekyeh Mir Chakhmagh, Yazd

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  Bibi-Khanym Mosque

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  Gonbad-e Sorkh, Maragheh