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kerman Attractions Kerman known as Carmaniais the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,374, in 221,389 households, making it the 10th most populous city of Iran. It is the largest and most developed city in Kerman Province and the most important city in the southeast of Iran. It is also one of the largest cities of Iran in terms of area. Kerman is famous for its long history and strong cultural heritage. The city is home to many historic mosques and Zoroastrianfire temples. Kerman is also on the recent list of the world's 1000 cleanest cities. Kerman became capital city of Iranian dynasties several times during its history. It is located on a large, flat plain, 1,036 km (643 mi) south of Tehran, the capital of Iran Shahzadeh Garden Shahzadeh Garden, located at 35 km southeast of Kerman city, has been constructed in Qajar dynasty during 11-year old sovereignty of AbdolhamidMirzaNaseroldoleh. Shahzadeh Mahan Garden is the ninth Iranian garden that has been registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Shah Nemattolahvali This beautiful sites in the center of Mahan town. The Shah NematollahVali Shrine is a historical complex, which contains the mausoleum of Shah NematollahVali, the renowned Iranian mystic and poet. Shah NematollahVali died in 1431 aged over 100 Kaluts The central Lut is the vast part in the Lut desert that contains the lowest part of the desert. There are several Kaluts in this region that are extended from the center Lut to the west. They are the most beautiful natural phenomena. They are unique and cant be found in any desert of the world Arg-e Rayen Rayen castle, or Arg-e Rayen is an adobe castle in Rayen town in Kerman, you can visit the medieval mud brick city of Rayen is similar to the Arg-e Bam. Rayen displays all the architectural elements of a deserted citadel. It appears extremely well preserved, considering the numerous natural disasters that have been destroying similar structures nearby, and it is one of the most interesting historical sites in Iran Rayen Waterfall Natural and historical attractions of Rayen area are not just limited to the ancient citadel(Arge-e Rayen). The rural areas at the foot of Hezar Mountain offer a pleasant weather and scenic waterfall to visiting tourist in spring and summer.there are many other attractions for tourists in Rayen Meymand village Meymands a village of troglodytes – cave dwellers – located in the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman. Meymand village has been continuously inhabited for 2,000 to 3,000 years making it one of Iran’s four oldest surviving villages. The village is a UNESCO world heritage site and was awarded UNESCO’s 2005 Melina Mercouri prize Arg-e Bam The Arg-e Bam (Bam Citadel) was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kermān Province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site “Bam and its Cultural Landscape”. On December 26, 2003, the Citadel was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake. As a World Heritage Site, several countries are cooperating in the reconstruction Fathabad Garden Fathabad garden is located 16 km North West of Kerman, according to historians, this pattern has been used to constructing Shazdeh Garden in Mahan. The history of the construction of the garden is around the year 1255 (Hijri-Shamsi), In Qajar period Rage Canyon The Rageh canyon is one of the unique and beautiful natural phenomena of Rafsanjan County. This valley is created by Guivdary River, its floods and soil erosion of it during several thousand years. This valley was unknown till some a few years ago. Some features of the valley are sharp conical peaks, blades and strip wise walls Kerman paleontology museum The first paleontology museum was established in 2003 near ghalehdokhtar mountain in enghelab complex in kerman.This museum is for creatures who existed in the current region of kerman province million years ago and had been turn into fossils and include vertebrate,in vertebrate plants,microscopic organisms, unique fossils can be found there Kermanshah Kermanshahan province (previously known as Bakhtaran) has some of the most interesting and famous archaeological sites in this part of Iran, dating from before recorded history through the Achaemenian (559-330 BC), Parthian (190 BC- 224 AD) and Sassanian (224-637) dynasties to the Arab period (637-1050). The climate is pleasant for most of the year, the largely mountainous scenery is stunning and the soil is fertile.An important station on the ancient trading route to Baghdad, Kermanshah is by far the largest and busiest city in this part of Iran while there is little to see in the city itself, Kermanshah is the perfect place to base yourself while exploring the mid-western region of the country. At an altitude of 1322m, the city has a beautiful setting, framed by prominently snow- clad mountains. History First built on a site a few kilometers from the present town, Kermanshah probably dates from the 4th century AD. Its vulnerable position has always rendered it liable to incursions it was captured by the Arabs in 649, invaded by the Seljuqs in the 11th century and then sacked by the Mongols in the early 13th century. After several centuries of relative peace and prosperity, Kermanshah's strategic position on the road to Baghdad attracted very heavy Iraqi missile and bomb attacks during the Iran-Iraq war and the rubble is still plain to see. Bisotun Overlooking the main road to Hamadan and a few kilometers east of Bisotun village, are famous bas-reliefs carved out of a dramatic mountain include with religious significance in pre-Islamic times the fact that the rock was also on the ancient royal road between Iran and Iraq made it an ideal location for these tablets. Tag-e-BostanOr Parthian bas-reliefs Opposite a bridge and a pretty pool are two heavily eroded Parthian bas-reliefs. The one on the left shows King Mithradites standing before four supplicants. The one on the right depicts several scenes relating to Gotarzes II one of him on horseback spearing an enemy, another of him at his investiture, and a third is a religious ritual. TaqBostan the old ,طﺎق اوﺳﺎ :Taqowsa , meaning: The old arch or TaqBostan (Persian arch is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of Sassanid Empire of Iran, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. This example of Sassanid art is located 5 km from the city center of Kermanshah . It is located in the heart of the Zagrosmountains, where it has endured almost 1,700 years of wind and rain. Originally, several sources were visible next to and below the reliefs and arches, some of which are now covered. Sources next to the reliefs still feed a large basin in front of the rock. The site has been turned into an archaeological park and a series of late Sasanian and Islamic column capitals have been brought together (some found at Taqowsa ,Taqowsan (the old arch) , or Taqwa san, others at Bisitun and Kermanshah). The carvings, some of the finest and best-preserved examples of Persian sculpture under the Sassanids, include representations of the investitures of ArdashirII (379– 383) and Shapur III (383–388). Like other Sassanid symbols, Taqowsa (the old arch) or Taqbostan, and its relief patterns accentuate power, religious tendencies, glory, honor, the vastness of the court, game and fighting spirit, festivity, joy, and rejoicing. Sassanid kings chose a beautiful setting for their rock reliefs along an historic Silk Road caravan route waypoint and campground. The reliefs are adjacent a sacred springs that empty into a large reflecting pool at the base of a mountain cliff. Taqowsa(the old arch) and its rock relief are one of the 30 surviving Sassanid relics of the Zagros mountains. According to Arthur Pope, the founder of Iranian art and archeology Institute in the USA, "art was characteristic of the Iranian people and the gift which they endowed the world with." Behistun Behistun inscription is considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Behistun :Old Persian ; ﺑﯿﺴﺘﻮن :Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Modern Persian Bagastana, meaning "the god's place or land") is a multi-lingual inscription located on MountBehistun. The inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. A British army officer, Henry Rawlinson, had the inscription transcribed in two parts, in 1835 and 1843. Rawlinson was able to translate the Old Persian cuneiform text in 1838, and the Elamite and Babylonian texts were translated by Rawlinson and others after 1843. Babylonian was a later form of Akkadian: both are Semitic languages. In effect, then, the inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script The relief figure of Darius I and its inscriptions are among valuable remains of the Achaemenid era. These stone inscriptions are the most important written documents of ancient Iran. They are hewed on the mount Bistoun. An English Archeologist spent eighteen years to decipher the inscriptions. He could read the old Farsi writings and discovered the mystery focuneiform signs. The inscriptions and the figure of Bistun are on a nearly inaccessible high rock. This figure depicts Darius and the war prisoners. There are two attendants behind the king. A captive is under his horse and nine captives of different countries with tied hands and necks are before him.