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Damghan (Persian: دامغان, Dāmghān) is a city in Semnan Province, Iran, 342 kilometres (213 mi) from Tehran. It has grown from a population of 34,057 (1986) to an estimated 72,098 (2007). It is famous for its pistachios.
Damghan was an important city in the Middle Ages, capital of the province of Qumis (Qoomes). However few remnants of that time remain: only the ruined Tari-khaneh mosque with a number of massive columns and a few wood carvings and two minarets of the 11th century. A few miles south southwest of the city, are the remains of Hecatompylos, extending from Frat, 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Damghan, to nearly 32 kilometres (20 mi) west. Damghan was destroyed by the Afghans in 1723. On an eminence in the western part of the city are the ruins of a large square citadel with a small white-washed building, called Molud Khaneh (the house of birth), in which Fath Ali Shah was born (1772). The Tari Khaneh (cA. 9th century), Possibly the oldest known mosque in Iran still stands in the city.
In the southeast of city there is ruin of a castle from Sassanids and now called Tappeh Hessar which it thought to be a garrison. After excavation in 1996, archeologists announced that the area ruins indicated 3 layers from 3 different eras. The eldest one dates back to 4000 BCE when the Aryans settled in the Iranian plateau.
Damghan was an important city in the Middle Ages, capital of the province of Qumis (Qoomes). However few remnants of that time remain: only the ruined Tari-khaneh mosque with a number of massive columns and a few wood carvings and two minarets of the 11th century. A few miles south southwest of the city, are the remains of Hecatompylos, extending from Frat, 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Damghan, to nearly 32 kilometres (20 mi) west. Damghan was destroyed by the Afghans in 1723. On an eminence in the western part of the city are the ruins of a large square citadel with a small white-washed building, called Molud Khaneh (the house of birth), in which Fath Ali Shah was born (1772). The Tari Khaneh (cA. 9th century), Possibly the oldest known mosque in Iran still stands in the city.
In the southeast of city there is ruin of a castle from Sassanids and now called Tappeh Hessar which it thought to be a garrison. After excavation in 1996, archeologists announced that the area ruins indicated 3 layers from 3 different eras. The eldest one dates back to 4000 BCE when the Aryans settled in the Iranian plateau.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damghan
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Coordinates: 36°9'57"N 54°20'13"E
- Dibaj City 32 km
- Hecatompylos 35 km
- شهرک البرز 59 km
- یونس اباد 61 km
- Shahrood 61 km
- مرکز بخش یانه سر شهرستان بهشهر 66 km
- Bastam 69 km
- Kiasar 72 km
- Mayamey 119 km
- Damghan University of Basic Sciences 1.1 km
- shohada 1.4 km
- Azad University of Damghan 2.1 km
- Damghan Substation 3.3 km
- tape hesar 2 4.5 km
- Tape Hesar - 5000 BC Years 4.6 km
- hecatompylos 8.9 km
- Gerdkuh Fortress 16 km
- Hajjaji 19 km
- Seyd Abad 21 km
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