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Holvar-e Bala Destination Guide

Discover Holvar-e Bala in Iran

Holvar-e Bala in the region of Hamadān is a town located in Iran - some 196 mi or ( 316 km ) West of Tehran , the country's capital .

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Local time in Holvar-e Bala is now 01:59 PM (Friday) . 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: Shahrak-e Dehgolan, Baghdad, Yusefabad, Vandarabad, and Vahnan. When in this area, you might want to check out Shahrak-e Dehgolan . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Holvar-e Bala ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Godin Tepe

Godin Tepe is an archaeological site in western Iran, situated in the valley of Kangavar in Kermanshah Province. Discovered in 1961, the site was excavated from 1965 to 1973 by a Canadian expedition headed by T. Cuyler Young Jr. and sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum. The importance of the site was due to its control over the early lapis-lazuli trade between Badakhshan in Afghanistan and the Mesopotamian flood plain.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.52 48.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iran, Former populated places in Iran, Kermanshah Province

Temple of Anahita at Kangavar

The Anahita Temple is the name of one of two archaeological sites in Iran popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient deity Anahita. The larger and more widely known of the two is located at Kangāvar in Kermanshah Province. The other is located at Bishapur. The remains at Kangavar reveal an edifice that is Hellenistic in character, and yet display Persian architectural designs.

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Located at 34.50 47.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 28 km away
Tags: 2nd-century BC architecture, Iranian architecture, Kermanshah Province