Dashkasan
Dashkasan (Azerbaijani: Daşkəsən, Persian: داشکسن) is a three cave complex located south-east of Soltaniyeh.[1] Outside the caves there is a temple called Dragon Stone of Dash Kasan Caves which was built by order of Mongol king Öljaitü in the early fourteenth century. The temple was built by four Chinese craftsmen. The architecture of Dash Kasan caves looks like an incomplete rectangle.[2]
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36°19′52″N 48°51′53″E / 36.330983°N 48.864653°E / 36.330983; 48.864653 (Dashkasan complex, Zanjan, Iran)
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Zanjan Province, Iran
Capital: Zanjan
Abhar County |
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Ijrud County |
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Khodabandeh County | |
Khorramdarreh County | |
Mahneshan County | |
Tarom County | |
Zanjan County |
- Saltmen
- Sharshar waterfall
- Zanjan Bazzar
- Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice
- Karsaf Tappe
- Darband ghaterchi
- Kharmaneh cave
- Katale Khor
- Behestan castle
- Molla Hassan Kashi Mausoleum
- Dome of Soltaniyeh
- Seyyed Mosque
- Dragon temple
- Zanjan Museum
- Caspian international fair
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