20 Sights in Tehran, Iran (with Map and Images)

The Golestan Palace, also transliterated as the Gulistan Palace and sometimes translated as the Rose Garden Palace from Persian language, was built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th century and finally rebuilt in 1865. It is the former official royal Qajar complex in Tehran.

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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art,, also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th century's world-class European and American paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures. TMoCA also has one of the greatest collections of Iranian modern and contemporary art.

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Tehran Bird Garden is located in the northeast of Tehran on Kouhestan Street (Qasemabad) leading to Esteghlal Boulevard and inside the eastern part of Lavizan Forest. This garden is designed in two phases, the first phase is named "Dashtcher" and includes birds that are kept in cages or are unable to fly. The second phase, which has an area of 6.2 hectares and is built in the northern area, is called "Abcher". The "water" is for birds that can fly, and the shell and net designed for this part prevent birds from leaving this space. The construction of this garden took 3 years.

Wikipedia: باغ پرندگان تهران (FA)

The entrance of the National Garden is one of the buildings left over from the Qajar period, which was renovated by Hossein Ali Beik Tehrani in the years 1922 to 1925 and is now one of the symbols of the city of Tehran. This building is located on the north side of Imam Khomeini Street, on the eastern side of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on the western side of the Post and Telegraph Museum.

Wikipedia: سردر باغ ملی (FA)

Ali Hatami Cinema and Television Town or Ali Hatami Town is the name of a large area in the west of Tehran where the decorations of streets and buildings related to Iranian films and series are made and maintained. Almost all of the décor of the Iranian Cinema Town is related to the Pahlavi period, but the décor of Kufa was also made in this town. Also, the decorations of this town are the decorations of the buildings and streets that really existed in the old Tehran. Another decoration made in this settlement is the décor of the city of Jerusalem, which has been used in many series and movies.

Wikipedia: شهرک سینمایی و تلویزیونی ایران (FA)

Imamzadeh Yahya is the name of the mausoleum of Abolghasem Ezzeddin Yahya, which is located in an alley of the same name in a neighborhood between the east-west of Rey Street and Sirous Street and the north-south of Amir Kabir to 15 Khordad (Bouzar Jomehri). This neighborhood is part of the large area of old Oudlajan in Tehran, which stretched from Naser Khosrow Street to Rey Street.

Wikipedia: امامزاده یحیی (تهران) (FA)

The Tehran Peace Museum is a member of the International Network of Museums for Peace. The main objective of the museum is to promote a culture of peace through raising awareness about the devastating consequences of war, with a focus on the health and environmental impacts of chemical weapons. Currently housed in a building donated by the municipality of Tehran within the historic City Park, the Tehran Peace Museum is as much an interactive peace center as a museum.

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The Reza Abbasi Museum is a museum in Tehran, Iran. It is located in Seyed Khandan. The museum is named after Reza Abbasi, one of the artists in the Safavid period. The Reza Abbasi Museum is home to a unique collection of Persian art dating back to the second millennium BC, from both the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras.

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Zahir al-Islam House is a residential house related to the Qajar period and is located in the center of Tehran near Baharestan Square, Hedayat Street. In a questionable move, this building has been registered in the list of national monuments twice. This work was registered for the second time on June 12, 2017 with the registration number 31096 as one of the national monuments of Iran.

Wikipedia: خانه ظهیرالاسلام (FA)

The Wind Catcher Mansion is located in the Golestan Palace of Ark Square in Tehran. It was built between 1220 and 1260 by the order of Fath Ali Shah Qajar. Mozaffar-al-Din Shah Qajar was crowned in the "Wind Catcher Mansion" of the Golestan Palace.

Wikipedia: عمارت بادگیر (FA)

City Park, with its 26 hectares, is an urban park located in the central Tehran, Iran. It is the first public park in Tehran. City Park surrounded by Fayaz Bakhsh Street from the north, Hafez Street from the west, Behesht Street from the south and Khayyam Street from the east.

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Farah Abad Palace is a building belonging to the Qajar period located in Dushan Tepe in Tehran, at the end of Piroozi Street. This work was registered on February 9, 1977 with the registration number of 1951 as one of the national monuments of Iran. This palace is sometimes confused with the Turquoise Palace, which has been destroyed.

Wikipedia: کاخ فرح‌آباد (تهران) (FA)

Shams-ol-Emareh is one of Tehran’s historical buildings and a remnant of Qajar Persia. It is one of the most prominent buildings on the east side of Golestan Palace. It was built in 1865-1867. It is notable for its height, decorations and design.

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The City Theater is a performing arts complex in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It was built with the initiative of Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

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The Cathedral of the Consolata, also called the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Tehran, is a Catholic Church building in the city of Tehran, Iran, in which the Latin or Roman rite is followed. It is not to be confused with the Chaldean Catholic cathedral of Tehran, St. Joseph's Cathedral, where the Chaldean rite is followed.

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This park is located in the 7th district of Tehran municipality and in the Seyed Khandan neighborhood, between Shariati and Suhrawardi streets. The area of this park is more than 30,000 square meters. This park is known by other names such as the Red Crescent , and Martyr Monfaredniaki is also known.

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The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, is located in Tehran, Iran. Inaugurated in 1951, it was founded to serve the once-vibrant Greek community of Tehran, which by the 1960s and 1970s, prior to the Islamic Revolution (1979), numbered 3,000 people. When founded, the church was located at the intersection of the Roosevelt and Takht-e Jamshid streets. These streets were renamed Taleghani and Mofatteh respectively, after the Islamic Revolution.

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Persian Garden Park is located on Sheikh Baha'i Street in the old Deh Vanak neighborhood of Tehran. This park was an old garden whose traditional architectural elements have been renovated and its green space has been designed based on the pattern of gardens full of Persian trees and flowers.

Wikipedia: بوستان باغ ایرانی (FA)

St. Joseph Assyrian Catholic Church, also called the Chaldean Catholic cathedral of Tehran, is a Catholic Church building in Tehran, Iran, in which the Chaldean rite is followed. It is located north of Enqelab Street, Shahid Abbas Moussavi. It should not be confused with Tehran's Cathedral of the Consolata, nor with the Apostolic Armenian Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

Wikipedia: St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tehran (EN)

Masoudiyeh Mansion is a historical building related to the Qajar period, which is located in Tehran, Baharestan Square. This building is built on a land with an area of 15,600 square meters and a size of about 9,000 square meters. This work was registered on January 17, 1999 with the registration number 2190 as one of the national monuments of Iran.

Wikipedia: عمارت مسعودیه (FA)