Bastam, a tourist destination near Tehran-Shahrud, was recently added to the list of historical cities of Iran at the second conference on historical cities of Iran held in Yazd.
According to organizers, the conference brought together representatives from 43 cities to discuss strategies for preserving and promoting urban heritage.
Officials said at the event that Bastam is one of the 54 cities currently registered as historical cities in Iran.
This ancient city is located in north-central Iran, near the Alborz Mountains, and is known for the monuments clustered around the tomb of Bayezid al-Bastami, a poet and mystic who died in the 18th century. 874 AD.
The town has a mausoleum, a 12th-century minaret and mosque walls, a gate from 1313, and a 15th-century university. Nearby ruins include a mosque and stuccoed cloisters.
Much of Bastam’s historic architecture was built under the Mongol rulers Mahmud Ghazan (r. 1295-1304) and Oljeitu (r. 1304-1316), also known as Mohammad-e-Khodabandeh.
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