Information about Hasht Behesht

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Isfahan
Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan.

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Anthem
Sorūd-e Mellī-e Īrān ²


Capital
(and largest city) Tehran

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Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (Persian: سازمان میراث فرهنگي، صنايع
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Oculus (pl. oculi) is the Latin word for eye, and the word remains in use in certain contexts, most commonly as the name of the round opening in the top of the dome of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, and less often in reference to other round windows.
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Architecture in "Greater Iran" has a continuous history from at least 5000BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Syria to North India and the borders of China, from the Caucasus to Zanzibar.
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bazaar (Persian: بازار) is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold.
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Persian Garden (Persian باغ ایرانی) refers to a tradition and style of garden design which originated in Persia and which influenced the design of gardens throughout the larger region.
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Shabestan or Shabistan is an underground space that can be usually found in traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia (Iran).

These spaces were usually used during summers and could be ventilated by windcatchers and qanats.
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In traditional Persian architecture, a Kucheh (کوچه), is a narrow especially designed alley. Also transliterated Koocheh, remnants of it are still seen in modern Iran and regional countries.
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Talar is the architectural term given to the throne of the Persian monarchs which is carved on the rock-cut tomb of Darius at Nakst in Rustan, near Persepolis, and above the portico which was copied from his palace.
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Iwan or eyvan (Persian: ayvān) is defined as a vaulted hall or space, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open.

Iwans were a trademark of the Sassanid architecture of Persia, later finding their way into Islamic architecture.
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howz is a centrally positioned symmetrical axis pool.

If in a sahn of a mosque, it is used for performing ablutions. If in a traditional house or private courtyard, it is used for bathing or for aesthetics or both.
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panj-dari is a traditional element of vernacular Persian architecture.

The word comes from "panj" (five) and "dar" (window or door), meaning "five windowed room".
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Andaruni (اندرونی) is a term used in Iranian architecture.

In traditional Persian residential architecture, the andaruni, is in contrast to the biruni
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This article applies primarily to Iran

A qanat (from Arabic: قناة
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In traditional Persian architecture, a dome is referred to as a gonbad (گنبد).

The history of designing gonbads dates back to pre-Islamic Persia. The Parthians in particular were very keen in using such structures in their designs.
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āb anbār آب انبار is a traditional reservoir of drinking water in Persian antiquity. The Persian phrase literally translates as "water warehouse".
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A yakh-chāl (meaning "ice pit") is an ancient natural refrigerator.

The subterranean domed structure was most often used to store ice, but sometimes was used to store food as well.
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caravanserai (Persian كاروانسرا, Turkish: kervansaray) was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey.
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tower blocks. In the United States, the now-destroyed World Trade Center had the nickname the Twin Towers, a name shared with the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
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khanqah or khaniqah, (also transliterated as khanqa, and khaneqa Persian: خانگاه khanegah and خانقاه khaneghah) is traditionally a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi
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Tekyeh is a place where Shias gather to mourn the killing of Husayn bin Ali.

Such places are particularly found in Iran. They are usually traditionally designed with observable elements of Persian architecture.
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sahn (Arabic: صحن, ṣaḥn
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Imamzadeh (meaning Imam-born) is a Persian word that refers to an immediate descendant of a Shi'a Imam.

The word is also used to refer to a shrine that is specific to Shi'a Islam and in which the Imamzadeh is buried.
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mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid Arabic: مسجد — pronounced: /ˈmæsʤɪd/ (pl.
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Tehran is a relatively old city. As such, it has an architectural tradition unique to itself.

Despite the occurrence of earthquakes during the Qajar period and before, some buildings still remain from Tehran's era of antiquity.
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For the historical city in Volga Bulgaria and Khanate of Kazan, see Qashan

Kashan is a city in the province of Isfahan, Iran. It had an estimated population of 272,359 in 2005 [1] .
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Qazvin
قزوی?
Shazdeh Hosein shrine

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