Ganjnameh
Ganjnameh is located 12 km southwest of Hamadan in western Iran, at an altitude of c. 2000 meters across Mount Alvand. The site is home to two trilingual Achaemenid royal inscriptions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: inscription in Hamadan County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Ganjnāma”, “Ganjnāmeh”, “Ganjnameh Ancient Inscriptions”, and “Ganjnameh Tourist Resort Complex”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ganjnameh Waterfall.
Ganjnameh Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Afshar1118421, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ganjnameh Waterfall is situated 100 metres northwest of Ganjnameh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muijin and Maryanaj.
Muijin
Village
Muijin is a village in Alvandkuh-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,759, in 434 families. Muijin is situated 7 km northwest of Ganjnameh.
Maryanaj
Neighborhood
Maryanaj is a city in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran. Maryanaj is situated 8 km north of Ganjnameh.
Hamadan
Photo: Amirr1367, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamadan is one of the oldest cities in Western Iran, and some believe the world. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.
Ganjnameh
- Categories: inscription, cultural property, archaeological site, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Central Western Iran, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.76237° or 34° 45′ 45″ northLongitude
48.43735° or 48° 26′ 15″ eastElevation
2,229 metres (7,313 feet)Open location code
8H6CQC6P+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3792880166OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
134125Wikidata ID
Q426225
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Ganjnameh” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ganj Nameh”
- Cebuano: “Ganj Nāmeh”
- Chinese: “岡那梅”
- Czech: “Gandž Náme”
- French: “Ganj Nameh”
- French: “Ganjnameh”
- German: “Gandsch Nameh”
- German: “Gandschnāme”
- German: “Schatzbrief der Perser”
- Hebrew: “כתובת גנג’נאמה”
- Newari: “गञ्जनामे”
- Persian: “گنج نامه”
- Persian: “گَنجنامَ”
- Persian: “گنجنامه”
- Persian: “گنجنامه”
- Persian: “گَنجنامِه”
- Polish: “Ganjnameh”
- Russian: “Ганджнаме наскальные надписи”
- Russian: “Ганджнаме”
- Slovenian: “Gandž Name”
- Spanish: “Ganj Nameh”
- Tajik: “Ганҷнома”
- Turkish: “Gencnâme Yazıtı”
- Turkish: “Gencnâme”
- Urdu: “گنج نامہ”
- Uzbek: “Ganjnoma tosh bitiklari”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ganjnameh”. Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.