Sights in Khorramabad
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Falak-Ol-Aflak
This unmissable eight-towered castle dominates the city centre from a rocky promontory. It looks especially dramatic when floodlit at night and offers extensive city views from the crenellated battlements. The entrance weaves up past sellers of tacky Lurish tourist trinkets into a courtyard where you can dress up in Bakhtiyari tribal garb for a posed photo. Above the inviting teahouse a grating covers the dizzyingly deep castle well (43m), but there are other ‘falling danger’ spots where a ‘disciplinarian’ watches out for your safety as well as your behaviour.
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Gerdab-e-Sangi
Gerdab-e-Sangi is a 1600-year-old Sassanian stone reservoir, 18m in diameter, said to be the world’s oldest. Spring water wells up within and once provided the proto-city’s water supply.
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inscribed Stone
In a stone-edged circle beside thundering Shari’ati St is an inscribed stone from around AD 1150, apparently setting out details of local grazing rights.
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Minar-e Ajon
The 20m-high pale brick tower called Minar-e Ajon might look like a chimney but it was actually a 900-year-old signalling point for caravans.
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Tavasuli Mosque
The low-key Tavasuli Mosque was photogenic till they built a big mobile telephone tower behind it.
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