Maragheh observatory
The Maragheh observatory, also spelled Maragha, Maragah, Marageh, and Maraga, was an astronomical observatory established in the mid 13th century under the patronage of the Ilkhanid Hulagu and the directorship of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Persian scientist and astronomer.Photo: آیدین تبریزی, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Observatory
- Description: medieval Iranian astronomical observatory
- Also known as: “Maragha Observatory”, “Maraghah Observatory”, and “Maragheh Observatory”
- Roof shape: dome
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maragheh railway station and مقبره آقالار و موزه سنگ نگاره ها.
Maragheh railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hosseinronaghi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maragheh railway station is situated 3 km southeast of Maragheh observatory.
مقبره آقالار و موزه سنگ نگاره ها
Museum
Photo: Sasan.bermoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
مقبره آقالار و موزه سنگ نگاره ها is a museum, which is situated 3 km southeast of Maragheh observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taleb Khan and Nova.
Taleb Khan
Village
Taleb Khan is a village in Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Nova
Village
Nova is a village in Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Nova is situated 2½ km northeast of Maragheh observatory.
Maragheh
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maragheh is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay.
Maragheh observatory
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.39586° or 37° 23′ 45″ northLongitude
46.20928° or 46° 12′ 33″ eastHeight
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8H9896W5+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 474626923OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=domeWikidata ID
Q2461462
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Maragheh observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رصدخانه مراغه”
- Arabic: “رصدخانهٔ مراغه”
- Arabic: “مرصد مراغة”
- Armenian: “Մարաղայի աստղադիտարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Marağa rəsədxanası”
- Catalan: “Observatori de Maragha”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی مەراغە”
- Chinese: “馬拉蓋天文台”
- Chinese: “馬拉蓋天文臺”
- Dutch: “Maragheh observatory”
- Dutch: “Maragheh-observatorium”
- French: “Observatoire de Maragheh”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Maragheh”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Maragheh”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Maragheh”
- Japanese: “マーガレット・M・ジャコビー天文台”
- Japanese: “マラーガ天文台”
- Japanese: “マラーゲ天文台”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maragha-observatoriet”
- Norwegian: “Maragha-observatoriet”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مراغه”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ مراغه”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Maraga”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Maragha”
- Russian: “Марагинская обсерватория”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماراغا رصدخاناسی”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Maraghe”
- Swedish: “Maragha-observatoriet”
- Tajik: “Расадхонаи Мароға”
- Turkish: “Meraga Gözlemevi”
- Turkish: “Meraga Rasathanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Мараге”
- Urdu: “رصدگاہ مراغہ”
- Uzbek: “Marag‘a rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Marag‘a Rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Marag’a rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Marag’a Rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Marag`a rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Marag`a Rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Maragʻa rasadxonasi”
- Uzbek: “Maragʻa Rasadxonasi”
- Welsh: “Arsyllfa Maragheh”
- Western Panjabi: “رصدگاہ مراغہ”
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