Things to see in Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in Islamic Republic of Iran, with an urban population of about 828 thousand. Below are 18 notable places within about 10 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Taq-e Bostan History
Taq-e Bostan is a site with a series of large rock reliefs in Kermanshah, Iran, carved around the 4th century CE during the Sasanian era.
2Zagros Paleolithic Museum Art
Zagros Paleolithic Museum is a museum in Kermanshah, Iran, established in 2007. The museum contains stone tools and animal fossil bones from Paleolithic sites in Iran.
3Jameh Mosque of Shafei Place of worship
The Jameh Mosque of Shafei, is a Sunni Friday mosque, located near the bazaar in the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.
4Imad al-Dawla Mosque Place of worship
The Emad o dolah Mosque, also spelled as the Emadodoleh Mosque, is a mosque located in the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.
5Coronation of Ardashir II History
The Coronation of Ardashir II is a rock relief that was carved between 379 and 383 by Ardashir II, the eleventh king of kings (shahanshah) of the Sasanian Empire.
6Do-Ashkaft Cave History
Do-Ashkaft Cave being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.
7Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah Place of worship
The Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah, also called the Chehel Sotoun Mosque, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located on Modarres Street and Rashid Yasemi Street in the old city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.
8Mount Farrokhshad Nature
Maiwala or Farokhshad is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains, located in western Iran, north of the city of Kermanshah. It is one of the mountains of Paraw range, with an altitude of 2445 above sea level.
9Haj Shahbazkhan Mosque Place of worship
The Haj Shahbazkhan Mosque, also known as the Haj Shahbaz Khan Mosque, is a mosque located in the Ojagh Crossroads of the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.
10Moaven al-Molk Tekiyeh Place of worship
Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk is a takyeh and historic building in Kermanshah, Iran. It was built during the Qajar era as a Shia mourning site.
11Plane of Shirin and Farhad Nature
The Shirin and Farhad Tree or Rahmat tree is a 700-year-old tree of the genus Platanus located in the historical area of Taq Bostan in Kermanshah, Iran.
12Biglarbeigi Tekiyeh Place of worship
Takyeh Beyglarbeygi is a takyeh located in Kermanshah and is well known for its ayeneh-kari ornamentations. Takyeh Beyglarbeygi was constructed during the Qajar era by the efforts of Abdollah khan Biglarbeygi and bears inscriptions of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.
13Warwasi History
Warwasi is a Paleolithic rockshelter site located at north of Kermanshah in western Iran. It was excavated by Bruce Howe under direction of late Robert Braidwood in the 1960s.
14Chogha Gavaneh History
The site of Chogha Gavaneh, on two major routes, one between south and central Mesopotamia and Iran and the other between northern Mesopotamia and the Susa are, lies within the modern city of Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah Province in Iran and about 60 kilometers west of modern Kermanshah.
15Assyrian Pentecostal Church Place of worship
The Assyrian Pentecostal Church is an Assyrian Pentecostal Church in the city of Kermanshah in Iran.
16Kermanshah Christian Cemetery History
Kermanshah's Christian's Cemetery is a collection of graves belonging to the Armenians and also graveyards of Christians in Kermanshah in the western part of Iran, which is in ruins.
17Khosrow Parviz Hunting Ground History
Khosrow parviz hunting ground or Tape-ye-moradhasel or Morad-Hassel Tepe is an ancient Sasanid complex in the north of Kermanshah city in western Iran.
18Relief of Shapur II and Shapur III History
The inscriptions of Shapur II the Great and Shapur III at Taq-e Bostan, are located about 5 kilometers away from the northeast of Kermanshah and date to the Sasanian era.
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