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Imamzadeh Ali ibn Jafar

Iran

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Imamzadeh Ali ibn Jafar is a Twelver Shi'ite imamzadeh and mausoleum, located on Enghelab Street (Chahar Mardan), next to the Golzar Shohada, in the city of Qom, Iran. The tomb was completed in 1061 CE (the 8th century AH) and further additions made until 1340 CE in the Seljuk and Ilkhanid styles. The complex was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 7 December 1935, 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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