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Architectural Building Attractions In Garmab

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Garmab or Garmaab is a city in and capital of Afshar District, in Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,274, in 772 families.
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Architectural Building Attractions In Garmab

  • 1. Dome of Soltaniyeh (Soltaniyeh Cupola) Soltaniyeh
    The central magnet of Soltaniyeh's several ruins is the Mausoleum of Il-khan Öljeitü also known as Muhammad Khodabandeh, traditionally known as the Dome of Soltaniyeh in Soltaniyeh city, Zanjan Province. The structure, erected from 1302 to 1312 AD, has the oldest double-shell dome in Iran. This view of the construction was made by Dieulafoy but is disputed by André Godard. In Godard's view it is a normal, if spectacularly large dome, with a thin skin on top for the faience and is in no way a double dome. Its importance in the Muslim world may be compared to that of Brunelleschi's cupola for Christian architecture. It is one of the largest brick domes in the world, just at the theoretical engineering limit for a brick dome and the third largest dome in the world after the domes of Floren...
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