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Gonbad-e-Alaviyan

همدان, Italy

Gonbad-e-Alaviyan

The Alaviyan Dome (Persian: گنبد علویان, pronounced [gonˈbæde ʔælæviːˈjɒːn]) is a mausoleum located in Hamadan, Iran. A green colored dome once decorated the top of the building, as the poet Khaqani refers to the building as "the green dome", but has been destroyed by the passing of time. The mausol

eum was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 6 January 1932, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

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