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Lalehabad Destination Guide

Discover Lalehabad in Iran

Lalehabad in the region of Semnān is a town located in Iran - some 155 mi or ( 249 km ) East of Tehran , the country's capital .

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Local time in Lalehabad is now 09:48 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Lalehabad, Abdollahabad, Majidabad, Allahabad, and Tehran. When in this area, you might want to check out Lalehabad . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Lalehabad ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Gerdkuh

Gerdkuh or Girdkūh, a.k.a. Dej-e Gonbadān (دژ گنبدان, "fortress of the domes") is one of the main Ismaili's Hashshashin fortress used by Hassan-i Sabah and conquered by Hulagu Khan later. Due to circular shape of mountain peak, it was named Gerdkuh, Gerd for "circular" (round) and kuh for "mountain". This shape made it very difficult to access by invaders.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 36.16 54.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Forts

Hecatompylos

Saddarvazeh or Hecatompylos was an ancient city in west Khurasan, Iran, which was the capital of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty by 200 BCE. The Greek name Hekatompylos means "one hundred gates" and the Persian term has the same meaning. But the title was commonly used for cities which had more than the traditional four gates. It may be understood better as the "Many Gated". Alexander the Great stopped here in the summer of 330 BCE and it became part of the Seleucid Empire after Alexander's death.

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Located at 35.96 54.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Iran, History of Iran, Populated places along the Silk Road, Semnan Province

856 Damghan earthquake

The 856 Damghan Earthquake or the 856 Qumis earthquake occurred on 22 December, 856 AD. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.9, and a maximum intensity of X (intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The meizoseismal area (area of maximum damage) extended for about 350 kilometres along the southern edge of the eastern Alborz mountains of present-day Iran including parts of Tabaristan and Gorgan.

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Located at 36.20 54.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 856, 9th century in Asia, 9th-century earthquakes, Earthquakes in Iran, History of Semnan Province

Tarikhaneh Temple

The Tarikhaneh Temple, also called the Tarikhaneh Mosque, is a Sassanid-era monument located on the southern limit of the present day city of Damghan, Iran. This structure was initially used as a Zoroastrian Fire Temple during the Sassanid period, however, after the fall of the Sassanid Empire it was rebuilt and converted into a mosque in the 8th century. The monument is, thus, known as the oldest mosque in Iran.

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Located at 36.16 54.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Fire temples, Mosques in Iran, Sassanid architecture, Semnan Province