City: Razavi Khorasan Province
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Top 7 Historic Sites in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Razavi Khorasan Province (Persian: استان خراسان رضوی, Ostâne Xorâsâne Razavi) is a province located in northeastern Iran. Mashhad is the center and capital of the province. Other cities are Quchan, Dargaz, Chenaran, Sarakhs, Fariman, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Torbat-e Jam, Taybad, Khaf, Roshtkhar, Kashmar, Bardaskan, Nishapur, Sabzevar, Gonabad, Kalat. The counties of Razavi Khorasan Province are Khalilabad County, Mahvelat County, Chenaran County, Dargaz County, Kalat County, Quchan County, Mashhad County, Sarakhs County, Nishapur County, Firuzeh County, Khoshab County, Jowayin County, Joghatai County, Davarzan County, Sabzevar County, Bardaskan County, Bajestan County, Kashmar County, Gonabad County, Khaf County, Roshtkhar County, Taybad County, Bakharz County, Zaveh County, Fariman County, Torbat-e Jam County, Torbat-e Heydarieh County & Torqabeh and Shandiz County. Razavi Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan Province in 2004. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5 with Mashhad as the location of the region's secretariat.
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1. Imam Reza Holy Shrine
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5.0 based on 425 reviews
The site of the 9th-century murder of the 8th of the 12 descendants of Mohammed.
Reviewed By BackPacker789201 - Iran, null
Mashhad is acity with all its beauties,along with the pilgrimage of imam Reza(AS) and a quiet work in the hotels of this city
2. Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami Mausoleum Complex
3. Bandian Fire Temple
4. Qasabeh Qanat
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By niushat - San Sebastian de los Reyes, Spain
Qanat is one of the most incredible things in the world. Qanat is very important in history of Human. Qanat Ghasabeh is oldest and largest qanat in the world and Iranian people built that 3000 years ago! If you go to Gonabad, Visit Saffron farms and museum, Jaameh Masque and taste the very delicious dishes, especially "Ash e joosh pareh".
5. Nashtifan Windmills
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Shahriar_Rahimi
In the small village of Nashtifan, Iran, some of the oldest windmills in the world, with what may be the earliest windmill design in the world, still spin. These amazing windmills are among the oldest in the world. These windmills have withstood winds of up to 74 miles an hour. With the design thought to have been created in eastern Persia between 500-900 A.D., they have been in use for several centuries. Made of natural clay, straw, and wood, the windmills have been milling grain for flour for an estimated 1000 years. The vertical axis design is probably similar to the windmills that were invented by the Persians around 500-900 A.D. The design that slowly spread through the world and which was later adapted by the Dutch and others. Nashtifan’s original name was Nish Toofan, meaning ‘storm’s sting,’ a reference to the strong winds that blow through the area.
6. Nadir Shah Afshar's Tomb
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4.0 based on 78 reviews
Reviewed By iranhikers - Tehran, Iran
Nader Shah Tomb is a building in the Naderi Garden Museum complex in Mashhad designed and built in memory of Nader Shah Afshar in 6 years by Houshang Seyhoun. The Tomb is located in the central part of the Nader Shah Complex, with the statue of Nader Shah on horseback along with a number of its soldiers mounted on a high volume of stone. Moreover, this complex contains two museums, One of them is the Arms Museum of different periods of Iranian history and another is the Museum of Weapons and Works of Nader Shah.
