Beauties of Iran, Kerman

Kerman province with three million inhabitants is located in southeastern of Iran. Kerman province is considered an important and historic province of Iran. This gallery is just depicted a part of the beauties of this province.

Arg-e Bam (Bam Citadel)

Arg-e Bam is the world's oldest and largest brick building which is located in the city of Bam. The building was half destroyed in December 1382 by earthquake. At that time, reconstruction of that great set was began.

Shazdeh Garden

The garden is built in 1297 AH by Mirza Abdul Naser al, Qajar prince and ruler of Kerman, over eleven years (1298 AH to 1309 AH). But with his death, the building was abandoned unfinished. For this reason, blank tiles can be seen at the entrance door. Building date of the garden is 1276 AH.

Meymand Village

Meymand is located 36 km from Shahr-e Babak city and it is a set of 400 houses, mosque, mounth, school bathroom, all of which were dug in the mountains. Spring and summer are the perfect seasons to visit this village.

Ganjali Khan Bathroom

The bathroom is one of the architectural masterpieces of Safavid era. The entrance of the bathroom is written by the famous calligrapher of the Safavid era Ali Abbasi. The bathroom is made of a hall, corridors, cloakroom, porch and warm house.

Ganjali Khan Square

This square is the central part of Ganjali Khan Set and Mesgari market and Ganjali Khan Market are located in three side of square and in the past it was as the dock and the buying and selling place of goods which were around the Kerman.

Jabalieh Dome

The dome is also known as the Gabri Dome and was built in pre-Islamic and Sassanid era. Jabalieh Dome is the only stone building in Kerman. According to a legend, it was built by camel's milk and it is located in the East of Kerman.

Stone garden of Sirjan

The garden is a historical masterpiece, which is located 45 km southeast of Sirjan and is built by a deaf person named Darvish Khan Gong Esfandiarpour about 35 years ago.

Rhine Falls

Rhine city is one of the most scenic countrysides of Kerman province which is located 110 km from the center of the province. This countryside is located in the highest peak of Hezar mountain in the province and the third highest peak in Iran that the waterfall is one of its attractions.

Rayen Castle

Rayen Castle is one of the largest brick buildings in the world. This large monument with an area over 22 thousand square meters is the second largest brick building in the world after the Arg-e Bam and annually hosts thousands of local and foreign tourists. Rayen Castle is located in the southwest of Kerman province in Iran.

Great market of Kerman

Kerman Market is one of the most important markets in Iran, which is a valuable set such as Ganjali Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Vakil, and etc. Set.

Qal'eh Dokhtar

Qal'eh Dokhtar or Anahita Temple (Venus) is also known as the old castle and is located on the hills of the Eastern Highlands and is remained before the arrival of Islam in Iran. Materials used in the castle are only brick and clay. The remains of Qal'eh Dokhtar is the prospects of the city's history and the name (Anahita Temple) is reminiscent of ancient worship, goddess of water and fertility.

Malek Mosque

This mosque in the old quarters of the city of Kerman in the neighborhood known as Shah Adel and it is one of the oldest and largest mosques in Iran and Kerman and has an old history which backs to the fifth century. The mosque has a large courtyard and numerous yards have maintained its historic attractions. The brick tower and three plastered altars are a tale of history and antiquity.

Kerman freezers

Moayedi freezer is built in the late Safavid period and Moayedi aqueducts supplied its water. Zarisf freezer is also related to the Safavid period and located in Kerman in Zarisf Street. Constituent elements of the freezer are tanks, fences, ponds, and ice hole.

Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Museum

The only Zoroastrian Museum of Anthropology in the World is in the fire temple of Kerman. The oldest objects in the museum are Gathas handwritten books with more than two hundred years of history and hand-carved fireplace with the date 1207. A part of the museum is dedicated to all types of heating, oil burning, fat-burning and tulip lights.

Mushtaq Ali Shah's tomb

Mshtaqieh dome is known for its three domes that is one of the Qajar’s building in Kerman. In the past, it was near an old graveyard and out of the city. Darvish Moshtagh was stoned by the crime of singing Quran with a sitar in 1206 AH and his body was buried near the tomb of Mirza Hussain Khan. In the year 1260 AH three domes was built on the tombs of Mushtaq Ali Shah, Sheikh Ismail, and Kosar Ali Shah.

Desiccated remnants of dinosaurs in Kerman

Kerman province is one of the few places in Iran in that the remnants of mammals of past geological periods is observed. During the Iran-Brazil Joint research team for dinosaur which was done in the North of Kerman, the first traces of dinosaur skeletons, including a carnivorous dinosaur teeth were identified. Before that time, nearly 40 years ago, French researchers have discovered some of the remains of a dinosaur around Kerman.

Vakil Bath of Kerman

Another traditional and historic baths of Kerman is Vakil Bathroom which is the part of Vakil Set. This building is built based on Zand - Qajar architecture with imitation of Ganjali Khan Bathroom in the year 1270 AH. Beautiful ceramic and tiles of the bathroom that are extended from the floor to ceiling, make the bathroom very beautiful and eye-catching.

Tomb of Shah Nemat-o Allah

The tomb of Shah Nemat-o Allah Vali is located 30 km southeast of Kerman, Mahan. The basic core of this building was a single dome which is built in the year 840 AD ordered by Ahmad Shah Dakani and gradually expanded. This building has an area of 32,000 sq.m and is composed of several courtyards includes Atabaki, Vikil Al-Maleki, mounth, Mir Damad and Biglarbeygi scenes.

Pir Jarsouz Tomb

Construction of this building is related to the eighth century AH and it is located in Bardsir 43 km from Kerman. The mausoleum has two folders brick dome and the square plan. Decorative plaster Mogharnas and Kofi lines can be seen in a three-storey building made of brick outline.

Shahdad Desert

One of the most beautiful deserts in the world with its unique chelates is located in shahdad Kerman. The world's oldest metal flag was found in this area in 1350. Shahdad desert is a part of the Lut Desert.

Dargah Quli Beg Throne

Dargah Quli Beg Throne is the tomb of a descendant of Bahram Beg. Dargah Quli Beg was one of the rulers of the Safavid period and head of the Afshar tribe in Kerman. It is in the southeastern city of Kerman and in the southern angle of Qal'eh Dokhtar Mountain.

Sassanid Arg-e Anar

Anar city is located in the northern city of Kerman province. This historic Arg is located in the center of the old town. Its area is 11,179 square meters. Construction of this building, according to the records of the cultural heritage and tourism back to pre-Islamic times. The castle was rebuilt in the Safavid period and reused.