Things to see in Shiraz
Shiraz is a city in Islamic Republic of Iran, with an urban population of about 1.2 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 10 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque Place of worship
The Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, is a mosque located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars, Iran. Completed in 1888 CE, the Qajar era mosque is located in the Gowd-e Araban district of Shiraz, south of Lotfali Khan Zand Street, next to the Shāh Chérāgh Mosque.
2Eram Garden Park
Eram Garden is a historic Persian garden in Shiraz, Iran. The garden, and the building within it, are located at the northern shore of the Khoshk River in the Fars province.
3Tomb of Hafez History
The Tomb of Hafez, commonly known as Hāfezieh, are two memorial structures erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez.
4Shah Cheragh shrine Place of worship
The Shah Cheragh is a Twelver Shia funerary monument and religious complex located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars, Iran. The 12th-century complex is centred around the mausoleums of Ahmad ibn Musa and Mir Muhammad ibn Mussa, two sons of the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim.
5Vakil Mosque Place of worship
The Vakil Mosque is a Shi'ite mosque, located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars, in southern Iran. The mosque is situated to the west of Vakil Bazaar and adjacent to the entrance of the bazaar.
6Saadi Mausoleum History
The Tomb of Saadi is a tomb and mausoleum complex dedicated to the Persian poet Saadi, commonly known as Saadieh. The complex is located in the city of Shiraz, in the province of Fars, Iran.
7Qur'an Gate History
Qur'an Gate or Shiraz Gate is a historic gate in the north of Shiraz, Iran. It is located at the northeastern entrance of the city, on the way to Marvdasht and Isfahan, between Baba Kouhi and Chehel Maqam Mountains near Allahu Akbar gorge.
8Vakil Bazaar Shopping
Vakil Bazaar is a bazaar in central Shiraz, Iran.
9Qavam Garden Park
Qavam House, also known as Narenjestan-e Qavam, is a Qajar era house and garden in Shiraz, Iran, built between 1879 and 1886 commissioned by the Qavam family.
10Atiq Jameh Mosque of Shiraz Place of worship
The Ancient Congregational Mosque of Shiraz is the oldest mosque of Shiraz, the capital of Ostane Fars in Iran.
11Imamzadeh Husayn Place of worship
The Emamzadeh Alaeddin Hossein, also known as the Imamzadeh Husayn (Shiraz), is a Twelver Shi'ite mausoleum and mosque complex that contains a shrine, located in south-east Shiraz, in the province of Fars, Iran.
12Afifabad Garden Park
Afif-Abad Garden, originally the Gulshan Garden, is a museum complex in Shiraz, Iran.
13Bibi Dokhtaran Mausoleum Place of worship
The Tomb of Bibi Dokhtaran, also known as the Bibi Dokhtaran Mausoleum, is a mausoleum located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars. Iran.
14Imamzadeh Ali ibn Hamzeh (Shiraz) Place of worship
Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which is historically known by the exonym Persia proper. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants.
15Jameh Mosque of Qiblah Place of worship
The Jameh Mosque of Qiblah is a mosque in Kukherd city, the capital of Kukherd District in Bastak County, in the province of Hormozgan in southern Iran.
16Saint Mary Church Place of worship
Saint Mary Church, Holy Mother of God Church or Surp Mariam Asdvadzadzin Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran completed in 1662.
17Abu-Nasr Palace History
Qaṣr-e Abu Naṣr, also Qasr-i Abunasr, or Takht-e Soleyman is the site of an ancient settlement situated in city of Shiraz in the Fars province of Iran.
18Saint Simon Church (Shiraz) Place of worship
Church of Simon the Zealot, is an Anglican church in Shiraz, Iran. It is located on Zand Avenue in Shiraz, next to Shiraz Christian Mission Hospital.
19Barm-e Delak History
Barm-e Delak, is a site of a Sasanian rock relief located about 10 km southeast of Shiraz, in the Fars province of Iran. The rock relief was known as Bahram-e Dundalk in Middle Persian, which means Bahram's heart.
20Khwaju Kermani tomb History
Tomb of Khaju Kermani is the tomb of the Persian poet and Sufi mystic Khaju Kermani (1290–1349). It is located north of Shiraz, on Sabooy hill off the Shiraz–Isfahan road.
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