🏛️ Gonbad-e Qābus

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Gonbad-e Qabus or Gonbad-e Qabus Tower is a monument in Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012. It marks the grave of Ziyarid ruler Qabus, and was built during his lifetime in 1006/7. It is a cylindrical tomb tower that reaches c. 61 metres and can be seen from some 30 kilometres away. The eponymous city is named after the monument.

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Gonbad-e Qābus is a cultural World Heritage site in Iran (Islamic Republic of), in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Gonbad-e Qābus was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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