Kharraqan Towers
The Kharraqan Towers, also known as the Kharrakhan or the Domes of Kharaghan, are a pair of mausolea built in 1067 and 1093 CE, in the Kharraqan region, in Hesar-e Valiyeasr, near Qazvin, Qazvin province, northern Iran.
Photo: Zereshk, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: twin towers in Avaj County, Iran
- Also known as: “Kharaqan Towers” and “برج های خرقان”
Kharraqan Towers
- Categories: mausoleum, tower, twin towers, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Qazvin, Central Western Iran, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.84047° or 35° 50′ 26″ north
Longitude
49.0087° or 49° 0′ 31″ east
Open location code
8H7FR2R5+5F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kharraqan Towers” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبراج خراقان”
- Azerbaijani: “Xərrəqan türbələri”
- Chinese: “卡拉干塔群”
- Chinese: “卡拉幹塔羣”
- Chinese: “卡拉幹塔群”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابراج الخراقان”
- French: “tours de Kharraqan”
- French: “Tours de Kharraqan”
- German: “Charaghan-Grabtürme”
- German: “Kharāghān”
- German: “Kharaqan”
- Hebrew: “מגדלי ח’רקאן”
- Hungarian: “Karracsán-tornyok”
- Italian: “Torri di Kharraqan”
- Japanese: “ハラガーン双子塔”
- Japanese: “ハラカンタワーズ”
- Persian: “برج شرقی یا قدیمتر خرقان”
- Persian: “برج های خراقان”
- Persian: “برجهای خراقان”
- Persian: “برجهای خراقان”
- Persian: “برجهای خرقان”
- South Azerbaijani: “خرقان بورجلاری”
- South Azerbaijani: “خرقان گونبزلری”
- Spanish: “Torres de Kharraqan”
- Turkish: “Karahan İkiz Türbeleri”
- Urdu: “خرقان کے برج”
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