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Band-e Amir Destination Guide

Explore Band-e Amir in Iran

Band-e Amir in the region of Fārs is a town in Iran - some 417 mi or ( 671 km ) South of Tehran , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Band-e Amir is now 08:02 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Qorban Lak, Yasuj, Dammam, Shiraz, and Qeydar Qalu-ye Sofla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Qorban Lak . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Band-e Amir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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امامزاده شاهزاده قاسم ع

0:27 min by fariborz Zak
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Iran Fars province Zarghan city ..

Mr.Henk.Mrs Janet

2:58 min by fariborz Zak
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Mr.Henk and his lovely wife Janet R 2 Australian tourists who were in my town Shiaz in Iran.I hope to see them again in Iran.GOD bless them.(Summer 2009) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Imamzadeh Qasim (Zarqan)

Imāmzādeh Qāsem is a tomb in Shiraz to Isfahan city in entries Zarghan located. Of about 10 years ago Board of Trustees of the shrine, and under the Religious Affairs Bureau and the basic work has been done. The Shrine of the gateway city and the road to Shiraz - Isfahan is located, as a tourism center - Zarghan prosperity and development in the pilgrimage town would be very effective.

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Located at 29.79 52.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Tehran, Iranian architecture, Ziyarat

Tall-i Bakun

Tall-i Bakun or Tall-e Bakun was a prehistoric site in the Ancient Near East about 3 km south of Persepolis.

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Located at 29.91 52.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iran, Fars Province

Persepolis

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

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Located at 29.93 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 6th-century BC architecture, Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Persia, Archaeological sites in Iran, Destroyed landmarks, Former populated places in Iran, Iranian archeological cities, Iranian architecture, Iranian culture, Persepolis, Persian history, Populated places in Fars Province, World Heritage Sites in Iran

Apadana

The Apadāna is a collection of biographical stories found in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pāli Canon, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. It is thought by most scholars to be a late addition to the canon, composed during the 1st and 2nd century BCE. The title Apadāna perhaps means 'life history' or 'legend' in Pāli; it has the additional, older meaning of advice or moral instruction; Dr Sally Cutler has suggested the word originally meant 'reapings', i.e. of the results of karma.

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Located at 29.93 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 5th-century BC architecture, Achaemenid Empire, Iranian architecture, Khuddaka Nikaya, Persepolis, Pāli Buddhist texts

Naqsh-e Rajab

Naqsh-e Rajab is an archaeological site just east of Istakhr and about 12 km north of Persepolis. Together with Naqsh-e Rustam, which lies less than a kilometer away, the site is part of the Marvdasht cultural complex. Together, the two sites are a tentative candidate for UNESCO World Heritage status. Naqsh-e Rajab is the site of four limestone rockface inscriptions and bas-reliefs that date to the early Sassanid era. One of the carvings is the investiture inscription of Ardeshir I (r.

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Located at 29.97 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Marvdasht complex, Sassanid architecture, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East