Azadi Tower

The Azadi Tower, also known by it's former name, the Shahyad Tower, is a monument at in , Iran. It is one of 's landmarks, once marking the westernmost entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural Complex, which also includes an underground museum.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: tower in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Borj-e Azadi”, “Freedom Tower”, “King Memorial Tower”, “Liberty Tower”, “Shah Memorial Tower”, “Shahyād Āryāmehr”, and “Shahyad Tower”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meydan-e Azadi Metro Station and West Terminal.

Metro station
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is the sixteenth station of the Metro Line 4 and is located in , Shaheed Baradaran Rahmani Highway, between and before . is situated 470 metres west of Azadi Tower.

Bus station
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is a bus station, which is situated 630 metres northwest of Azadi Tower.

Metro station
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Ostad Moein Station is a station of Metro Line 4. It is located in Azadi street before Azadi square on junction with Nourbaksh street. is situated 600 metres east of Azadi Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include District 9 and District 10.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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Municipality of is one of 22 central districts of Tehran County in Tehran Province, . The district 5 has most-populated district, which is center of city of Tehran. At the 1395 SH census, its population was 327,000. is situated 3 km southeast of Azadi Tower.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Azadi Tower.

Azadi Tower

Latitude
35.69974° or 35° 41′ 59″ north
Longitude
51.33806° or 51° 20′ 17″ east
Open location code
8H7HM8XQ+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12949824719
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q1140026
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Azadi Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج آزادي”
  • Armenian: “Թեհրանի Ազատության աշտարակ”
  • Bashkir: “Azadi Tower”
  • Basque: “Azadi dorrea”
  • Bengali: “আজাদি মিনার”
  • Bengali: “আজাদী টাওয়ার”
  • Bosnian: “Azadi Toranj”
  • Bosnian: “Toranj Azadi”
  • Bulgarian: “Азади”
  • Catalan: “Torre Azadi”
  • Chinese: “自由纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “阿扎迪塔”
  • Chinese: “阿扎迪自由塔”
  • Chinese: “阿扎迪自由纪念塔”
  • Chinese: “阿萨迪塔”
  • Chuvash: “Азади башни”
  • Czech: “Bordž-e Ázádí”
  • Danish: “Azaditårnet”
  • Dutch: “Azadi-toren”
  • Esperanto: “Turo Azadi”
  • Finnish: “Azadin torni”
  • French: “tour Azadi”
  • French: “Tour Azadi”
  • German: “Azadi-Turm”
  • German: “Freiheitsturm”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Αζαντί”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Σαχυάντ”
  • Greek: “Πύργος της ελευθερίας”
  • Gujarati: “આઝાદી મિનાર”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל אזאדי”
  • Hindi: “आज़ादी टावर”
  • Hindi: “आज़ादी टॉवर”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Azadi”
  • Italian: “La Torre Azadi”
  • Italian: “Torre Azadi”
  • Japanese: “アーザーディー・タワー”
  • Japanese: “アーザーディー記念塔”
  • Japanese: “アザディタワー”
  • Korean: “보르제 아자디”
  • Macedonian: “Азади”
  • Macedonian: “Кула на слободата”
  • Malay: “Menara Azadi”
  • Nepali: “आजादी टावर”
  • Persian: “برج آزادی ایران”
  • Persian: “برج آزادی”
  • Persian: “برج ازادی”
  • Persian: “برج شهیاد”
  • Persian: “بنای شهیاد (برج آزادی)”
  • Persian: “مجموعهٔ آزادی”
  • Persian: “میدان شهیاد”
  • Polish: “Borj-e Azadi (wieża wolności)”
  • Polish: “Wieża Wolności w Teheranie”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Azadi”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Azadi”
  • Russian: “Башня Азади”
  • Slovak: “Bordž-e ázádí”
  • Slovak: “Bordž-e Ázádí”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آزادی بورجو”
  • Spanish: “Torre Azadi”
  • Swedish: “Azaditornet”
  • Swedish: “Shahyad”
  • Tamil: “ஆசாதி கோபுரம்”
  • Thai: “หอคอยออซอดี”
  • Ukrainian: “Башта Азаді”
  • Urdu: “مینار آزادی”
  • Uzbek: “Azadi minorasi”

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