Rasht Sights

Sights in Rasht

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    Rasht Museum

    Rasht Museum is small, but well presented in a 1930s house. Its mannequin displays illustrate Gilaki lifestyle, amid a selection of 3000-year-old terracotta riton drinking horns in the shape of bulls, rams and deer. Supping from such vessels supposedly endowed the drinker with the powers and skills of the animal depicted.

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  2. Gilan Rural Heritage Museum

    The excellent Gilan Rural Heritage Museum is 18km south of Rasht (2km off the Qazvin highway). Six full homesteads complete with rice barns are already ‘active’ in 150 hectares of woodland. On open days, local crafts (thatching, mat-making, cloth-weaving) are displayed and there are tight-rope walking mini-shows.

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    #17 of 115 things to do in Western Iran

  3. Horseman Statue

    The horseman statue is Kuchuk Khan, the Jangali leader of 'Soviet Iran'. A steady flow of well-wishers visit his mausoleum on Manzariyeh St, sheltered by a contemporary brick gazebo with intricate wooden roof.

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    #3 of 5 sights in Rasht

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    Shahrdari

    The Shahrdari is Rasht’s most identifiable landmark, its colonial style tempered by a token mini-dome topping a distinctive whitewashed tower. It looks great when floodlit at night.

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    #4 of 5 sights in Rasht

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    Dana-ye Ali Shrine

    Cute little Dana-ye Ali Shrine is topped with a faceted pyramid of blue tiling.

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    #5 of 5 sights in Rasht

    #13 of 20 things to do in Rasht