Architecture in Iran

Tabriz (, ) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran.

thumb|Minaret at the Umayyad Mosque in [[Damascus]]

Khorramabad (; ) is a city in the Central District of Khorramabad County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Situated in a scenic valley surrounded by mountains, the city lies approximately 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) east of the Iraqi border.

city in Kerman Province, Iran

thumb|250px|Timcheh-e Amin o Dowleh, Kashan Bazaar (19th century). Persian architects used these structures to naturally decrease temperatures, regulate sunlight, and ventilate the interior spaces during the daytime. thumb|240px|Amin-o-Dowleh, Persian royal envoy to the court of Napoleon III.

Pasargadae (; from , ; ) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), located just north of the town of Madar-e-Soleyman and about to the northeast of the city of Shiraz. It is one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is considered to be the location of the Tomb of Cyrus, a tomb previously attributed to Madar-e-Soleyman, the "Mother of Solomon". It is a national tourist site administered by the Iranian culture of world heritage.

thumb|The Izadkhast Caravanserai|Izadkhast caravanserai (early 17th century), [[Fars province, Iran]]

university in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

tower in Tehran, Iran

archaeological site in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran

city in Fars Province, Iran

citadel in Bam, Iran

castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site

tradition and style of garden

architecture associated with Iran

main mosque of a city or state

thumb|upright=1.3|Muqarnas as seen from below in the iwan entrance to the Shah Mosque in [[Isfahan, Iran (17th century)]] thumb|upright=1.3|Muqarnas dome in the Sala de Dos Hermanas at the Alhambra in [[Granada, Spain (14th century)]] Muqarnas (), also known in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe (from ), is a form of three-dimensional decoration in Islamic architecture in which rows or tiers of niche-like elements are projected over others below. It is an archetypal form of Islamic architecture, integral to the vernacular of Islamic buildings, and typically featured in domes and vaults, as well

thumb|Ruins of the Apadana Palace thumb|upright|Reconstruction of the Apadana's roof by Chipiez 200px|thumb|Reconstruction of the Apadana by Chipiez thumb|Apadana of Susa, reconstruction drawing, 1903 Apadana (, or ) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 5th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great. Its construction was completed by Xerxes I. Modern scholarship "demonstrates the metaphorical nature of the Apadana reliefs as idealised social orders".

museum in Tehran, Iran

mausoleum in Soltaniyeh, Iranian national heritage site

alt=abyaneh women in traditional dress|thumb|Woman in traditional dress Abyaneh () is a village in Barzrud Rural District of the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan province, Iran. The village is located 70 kilometres southeast of Kashan at 2100 meters above sea level in a valley of the Karkas Mountains. It is watered by the Barz River.

art museum in Tehran, Iran

national library in Tehran, Iran

thumb|right|300px|Yakhchāl of Moayedi, Iran A yakhchāl (; yakh meaning 'ice' and chāl meaning 'pit') is an ancient type of ice house, which also made ice. They are primarily found in the Dasht-e Lut and Dasht-e-Kavir deserts, whose climates range from cold (BWk) to hot (BWh) desert regions.

Bishapur (Middle Persian: Vēh-Šābuhr or Bēšābūr; in Middle Persian inscriptions: 𐭡𐭩𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 Byšḥpwḥry or 𐭡𐭩𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 Byšḥpwḥly; in Parthian: 𐭅𐭉𐭇𐭔𐭇𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓 Wyhšhypwhr; in Sogdian: ܘܝݎܫܦܘܪ Wyxšpwr; in Syriac: ܒܝܫܗܒܘܪ; Arabic: بیشابور) was an ancient city in Iran and one of the capitals of the Sasanian Empire, near the city of Kazerun.

Iranian national heritage site

garden in Mahan, Iranian national heritage site

university in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

city gate in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site

art museum in Tehran, Iran

The Tachara, or the Tachar Château, also referred to as the Palace of Darius the Great, was the exclusive building of Darius I at Persepolis, Iran. It is located 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in Fars province.

castle in Fuman County, Iranian national heritage site

citadel in Rayen, Iranian national heritage site

thumb|upright=1.2|Girih pattern with inlaid floral decoration from :en:Shah-i-Zinda|Shah-i-Zinda in [[Samarkand, Uzbekistan]]

bridge in Tehran, Iran

gate in Tabriz, Iranian national heritage site

five tiles used in Islamic decorative art

style of Persianized architecture

architecture of the Achaemenid Empire

thumb|right|The medieval Amir Chakhmaq Complex|Takyeh Mir Chakhmaq in [[Yazd, Iran]] In Iran, the word takyeh () is mostly used as a synonym of husayniyya (or hoseyniyeh in Iranian Persian; building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram), although some takyehs also include a zaynabiyya (or zeynabiyeh, in honor of Husayn's sister Zaynab bint Ali) or an abbasiyya (or abbasiyeh, in honor of Husayn's paternal half-brother Abbas ibn Ali), like the Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk. Many takyehs are found in Iran, where there are takyehs in almost every city.

traditional Iranian water reservoir

imamzadeh in Tajrish, Iranian national heritage site

black basalt hill in Lake Hamun, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran

temple attributed to Anahita

hotel in Kish, Iran

castle in Hormuz, Iranian national heritage site

castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site

French archeologist and architect (1881–1965)

hussainiya and mosque in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

hammam in Arak, Iranian national heritage site

bridge in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site

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Iranian national heritage site

bridge in Iran

throne in Tehran, Iran

castle in Meybod, Iranian national heritage site

church building in Tabriz, Iran

museum in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

mausoleum tower in Maragheh, Iranian national heritage site

madrasa in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site