Gonbad-e Qabus Tower: A 1000 year old UNESCO World Heritage site

The Gonbad-e Qabus Tower is the tallest Brick tower in the word. The height is 72 meters and was built by order of King Kavoos. The Tower was built on such a scientific and architectural design that at the front of the Tower, at an external circle, one can hear one's echo.

The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qābus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and the ancient civilization of Iran.

 The tower is the only remaining evidence of Jorjan, a former centre of arts and science that was destroyed during the Mongols’ invasion in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is an outstanding and technologically innovative example of Islamic architecture that influenced sacral building in Iran, Anatolia and Central Asia. Built of unglazed fired bricks, the monument’s intricate geometric forms constitute a tapering cylinder with a diameter of 17–15.5 m, topped by a conical brick roof. It illustrates the development of mathematics and science in the Muslim world at the turn of the first millennium AD.

• What is the best time to go?
  There isn't any time limitation to get there, But Spring is the best time.
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• Getting there:
  To get there, there are many directions, but the fastest route is Gorgan – Bojnord road from Gorgan to Gonbad Kavus city. It takes about 1 and half hours and the distance between there is about 94 km. So, to reach the tower, it takes about 10 minutes via Emam Khomeini Blvd.
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