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Ali Dome

Iran

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Ali Dome (Gonbad-e Ali) is a mausoleum tower located in Abarkuh, in the province of Yazd, Iran. The mausoleum was completed in the Seljuk style in c. 1056 CE on the order of Firuzan, a son of Amir Shams ad-Dowleh ibn Ali Hezarasb, a Daylamite ruler. The mausoleum is the resting place for Ali Hezarasb and his mother. The mausoleum was added to the Iran National Heritage List on July 31, 1933 and is administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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