Also known as: Tomb of Shirin and Farhad, Sa'dal rocky church
This rocky Catacomb is located between Sa'dal and Chokhur Kandi villages near Chaldoran (AKA Siah-Cheshmeh) and has been dug out on the skirts of the mountains having numerous chambers of stone. It dates back to the first millennium BC. and to the Orartoie era.
Local believe that this Stone Cave is tomb of Shirin and Farhad. Farhad is a famous character in Persian literature and Persian mythology. The story of his love with Shirin (the princess of Persian Armenia) is one of the most famous love stories in Persian culture.
The story of Farhad has Parthian origins. Some writers such as the unknown writer of Mojmal al-tavarikh refer to Farhad as a Kayanian figure. Bal'ami is one of the first writers that refer to Farhad as a Sasanian figure.
The township of Chaldran (Chaldoran) is to the northwest of Iran (in West Azerbaijan Province), with the city of Khoy to the south and Maku to the north. From the south, it is about 150 km. away from Turkey. In the year 920 AH., Shah Esmail Safavid and Soltan Saleem Osmani ...
The Monastery of Saint Thaddeus (named in honor of Apostle Thaddeus, in Armenian, Tadevos) near Maku and Chaldoran is extremely isolated in every sense of the ...
This church (located near Maku in West Azerbaijan Province), built on a rocky elevation near Zangomar River atop a rocky elevation some 600 years back, was exposed ...
This is a reminder of the battle between Iran and the Ottomans in the north east of Siyah Cheshmeh. The historical background in brief is as follows:
Sultan Saleem ...
Naqsh-e Rustam is an ancient necropolis, located in the village of Zangi-Abad, to the north of the city of Marvdasht in Fars province. This ancient site which is ...
Hafez or Hafiz is one of the most famous Gnostics and poets of Iran, who was born in Shiraz in 726 AH and passed away 65 years later. The tomb of Hafiz also known ...
The mausoleum of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of Twelver Shiites. Imam Reza Shrine is one of the most touristy places of Iran, the world’s largest mosque.
The Mausoleum of Avicenna (Abu Ali Sina) is a complex located at Avicenna Square, Hamadan, Iran. Dedicated to the Iranian polymath Avicenna, the complex includes ...
One of the eye-catching sites is the garden which envelopes the resting place of the great scholar, mathematician, philosopher and poet, Hakim Omar Khayam. The ...
The construction of this museum had begun in the year 1956 AH and finalized in the year 1961.
This was erected on grounds having an area of 1448 sq. m. and was ...
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