Quran Gate

Qur'an Gate or Shiraz Gate is a historic gate in the north of , . It is located at the northeastern entrance of the city, on the way to and , between Baba Kouhi and Chehel Maqam Mountains near Allahu Akbar gorge.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: city gate in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Darvazeh Qur’an” and “Qur’an Gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomb of Khwaju Kermani and Gahvare-ye Did.

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Tomb of Khaju Kermani is the tomb of the Persian poet and Sufi mystic Khaju Kermani. It is located north of , on Sabooy hill off the Shiraz–Isfahan road.

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is situated 320 metres southeast of Quran Gate.

Hotel
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is situated 190 metres southwest of Quran Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golestan Square and Shiraz.

Neighborhood
Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of and the capital of , 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 was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants.

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is the capital city of the province and a treasure trove of Persian culture. It was the capital of during the Zand dynasty's era, and is the celebrated birthplace of the great Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.

Neighborhood
Shahrak-e is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of , , . At the 2006 census, its population was 11,397, in 2,827 families. is situated 5 km north of Quran Gate.

Quran Gate

Latitude
29.63558° or 29° 38′ 8″ north
Longitude
52.56193° or 52° 33′ 43″ east
Open location code
7HXJJHP6+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 380807931
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2482977
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Quran Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوابة القرآن”
  • Armenian: “Ղուրանի դարպաս”
  • Bulgarian: “Порта на Корана”
  • Chinese: “古兰经门”
  • Chinese: “古蘭經城門”
  • Dutch: “Koranpoort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة القرآن”
  • French: “porte du Coran”
  • French: “Porte du Coran”
  • German: “Koran-Tor”
  • Hebrew: “שער הקוראן”
  • Hebrew: “שער שיראז”
  • Italian: “Darvāzeh Qur’an”
  • Italian: “Porta del Corano”
  • Japanese: “クルアーン門”
  • Persian: “دروازه قرآن”
  • Russian: “Ворота Корана”
  • Turkish: “Kur’an Kapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворота Корану”
  • Urdu: “دروازہ قرآن”
  • Uzbek: “Qurʼon darvozasi”

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