Aliabad Tower

Aliabad Tower
برج علی‌آباد
General information
Type Tower
Town or city Aliabad, Bardaskan, Razavi Khorasan
Country Iran
Coordinates 35°17′31″N 58°06′11″E / 35.29194°N 58.10306°E / 35.29194; 58.10306Coordinates: 35°17′31″N 58°06′11″E / 35.29194°N 58.10306°E / 35.29194; 58.10306
Completed 14th century
Height 18 metres (59 ft)
Dimensions
Circumference 42 metres (138 ft)
Technical details
Material Brick
Designations National Monument

The Aliabad Tower (Persian: برج علی‌آباد‎‎) is a grave historical tower of the 14th century in the Keshmar village near the town of Bardaskan in the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan Province. The tower height is given as 18 metres, the outer circumference of 42 metres, and the cone-shaped facade is composed of Brick [1] The design is reminiscent of the Dakhma of Zoroastrianism. The tower was added to the list of National Monuments of Iran.[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Douglas Pickett: Early Persian tilework, The Medieval Flowering of Kashi, Fairleigh Dickinson University.. Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-8386-3365-6, p.104
  2. ↑ Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft of Iran, 19 May 2011
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