Asal Nayebi

Musa Vazir Caravanserai

about dying masterpiece

Caravanserai’s front yard is adorned with multiple beautiful flowers that perfectly represent the entrance porch and around it a number of chambers are connected circularly. Caravanserai’s dome is surely one of the most magnificent features of this old bazaar. In every corner, you can see stunning tile work

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Coronavirus outbreaks: sterilizing Qazvin’s museums and historical sites

to ensure the health and safety of visitors and staff, museums and historical and cultural sites’ sterilization operations are done on a continuous basis under the surveillance of this administration.

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Teppe Sagz Abad

the oldest archaeological site

It is one of the oldest archaeological sites in the whole world. Marco polo has written about Teppe Sagz Abad in his journal and mentioned that it is on the way of Silk Road. Sagz Abad is one of the oldest permanent settlement areas in Iran’s plateau. It is assumed that people who lived there a long time ago were familiar with the technology of melting iron. There are some works from Iron Age (the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistoric of humanity) that can confirm this theory.

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Valiasr Intersection

alive and energetic center of the town

It is located on the east side of the city and is one of the oldest and biggest intersections in Qazvin. It is also the most crowded intersection in the city since it is one of the main entrances from Tehran-Qazvin Highway and directly leads to the city center. This four-way intersection consists of Shahid Beheshti Blvd, Ayatollah Taleghani Blvd, Khorramshahr Blvd, and Ayatollah Khamenei Blvd crossing over each other. Its south side leads to Qazvin Bus Terminal and intercity taxi stand. Intersection’s side roads are full of old trees that perfectly represent the history of these roads and bear the very first memories of the city.

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Shahidi House

historical house at historical neighborhood

According to the form of plasterwork used in the building, some say that it dates back to the Safavid period, but the construction and artwork show Qajar's work, so most of the people believe that it belongs to Qajar era. Unfortunately, the interior part of the building was destroyed and only the exterior part has remained which is in two floors.

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Chenar Zarabad

a tree that cries blood!

Many people believe that the juice leaking out of the tree is human blood, but according to early researches and experiments, chemically this fluid has nothing in common with blood. Just sap flowing through a part of the outer tree truck that unlike other saps it will turn red when getting dry. Some people say that it’s all superstition and there must be a scientific explanation for it while others say it does what it does because of god will and cries over Imam Hossein’s unfair murder.

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Kharraqan Towers

pleasant looking architectural art

Some locals believe that the towers are Imamzadeh (mausoleum) and they refer to them as “Qosha Imam” (two Imam). Others, on the other hand, believe that they belonged to Saljuq (Saljuk) Rulers. Even Muhammad I Tapar (In Turkish, Tapar means “he who obtains, finds”) son of Seljuq Sultan Malik Shah I, hold Kharraqan as his royal office.  

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Rafi Church

pray in an eyefull scene

It was built in 1908, according to the stony plate set on the entrance of the seminary, the first Pahlavi period. The current structure is the expanded form of the first one, built by the efforts of Haroutioun Mesrobian Priest (sorry in advance for any misspelling) in 1936, and has a temple, auditorium, and a school (an educational and worship place for Armenian). The previous church was small and after the number of Armenian raised in the city, they expanded it.

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Bolour Bathhouse

historical stone museum

Bolour Bathhouse’s building form, designs, and especially paintings date back to the Safavid dynasty, but there is no evidence of who build it or exactly when it was created. All we know is that flower and nature paintings are from the Safavid era and paintings of humans are from the Qajar era when the bathhouse was renovated. It's currently a stone museum but there is no further information.

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Masjed Jameh Cistern

immemorial water reservoir

Masjed Jameh Cistern is open on the weekends and an exhibition of handy crafts is permanently held there. In the building's inscription is written the year 1714 in Nasta’liq on marble that is assumed to be the creating date. The cistern is one of the oldest cisterns in Qazvin which is currently available and still has the old structure.

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Sepah Bazaarcheh

buy fresh in old bazaar

Sepah Bazaarcheh is in Southside of Sepah Street and is one of the main centers of fresh fruit and vegetable products. Mere walking in the old and charming environment of the bazaar makes you feel fresh, especially right before dusk. If you go there in the morning, please don’t miss the old bazaar's breakfasts. Delicious eggs with tasty Iranian tea can be tempting.

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Hojaib Caravanserai

one of Iran's oldest caravanserais

It was built in the Safavid dynasty at the exact same time when Qazvin had an important role as a trading pathway in the country. Hojaib Caravanserai contains two gardens and cisterns, one bathhouse, and a lovely rivulet which makes it one of the best caravanserais in Iran.

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