Kalporagan

Kalporagan

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Kalporagan is a small village at the south east of Iran, Sistan & Baluchestan Province. This place is known as the only Living Pottery Museum of the World, Originates back to 7000 years ago. The art of pottery without any pottery wheel has been inherited...
Qasemabad-Gilan Province

Qasemabad Village

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Qasemabad is a village located in Oshiyan rural district, Roodsar city in the east of Gilan province. The name of Qasemabad always evokes the happiness and color for the Iranians. Various kinds of handwoven colorful fabrics and the traditional cloths of...
Lalejin Pottery city of Iran

Lalejin

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Lalejin is a small city at the east of Iran, Hamadan Province and situated only 25 kilometers away from Hamadan, the ancient capital of Iran. Recent discoveries in Lalejin reveals the existence of a civilization at least since 11th century. Having good...
Sirjan

Sirjan

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Sirjan is located among the central mountains and the eastern mountains of Zagros at 175 km southwest of Kerman with the height of 1766 meters above the sea level. The low and even lands of the Kavir plain in the west and a Qotbiyeh fertile plain in...
Meybod

Meybod

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Meybod is located in the northwest of Yazd, beside Tehran- Bandar Abbas road and Tehran-Kerman railway, along the edge of the central desert of Iran with the height of 1234 m above the sea level. Its eastern lands are plain and even and it end up in...
Marivan

Marivan

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Marivan is located in 125 km northwest of Sanandaj, in vicinity to Iran-Iraq border at the height of 1320 meters above the sea level. Zagros Mountains constitute the most unevenness lands of Marivan. The city is the rainiest city in Kurdistan province...
Malayer

Malayer

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Malayer is the second largest city in Hamedan province, after Hamedan city. The most part of the population in this city are occupied with wooden handicrafts and especially the production of traditional furniture. Although this art had been existed from...
Abadeh

Abadeh

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In Farsi, Abadeh means a reclaimed area and its origin goes back to 1000 B.C. It is located in Fars Province, on the main road between the two main big cities of Isfahan and Shiraz, contributed to its notable history and rich culture. Although the crafts...
zanjan

Zanjan

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Zanjan is located in the northwest of Zanjan province in a mountainous area with the height of 1663 m above the sea level. Uneven lands of this city are divided into north mountains and south mountains. This city enjoys a moderate summer and a highly...
Khorashad village of rurals City Birjand in Iran.

Khorashad

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Khorashad is a small Village at east of Iran, South-Khorasan Province. It is situated in Nasr Abad Valley and the unique name which means “The place of Sunrise” in Pahlavi language, is derived from the unique scenery. Originates back even before Islam,...
Isfahan

Isfahan

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Isfahan is a metropolis surrounded by desert and semi-desert districts from east and Zagros Mountains from the west. The distance between the south of the capital of Iran and this city is about 414km and it is located at the height of 1575 m above the sea...
Mashhad-Imam Reza holy shrine

Mashhad

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Mashhad is located in Kashafrud River catchment basin and at the end of the Mashhad sedimentary plain. This city located between Hezar masjid and Binalood mountains range, at the height of 1050m above the sea level with a mountainous and semi mountainous...
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