Tabriz, Iran
Measurement Museum
A Qajar mansion in Tabriz houses measurement tools spanning millennia, including a 5-million-year-old Pliocene tree trunk.
From the CommunityA Qajar mansion in Tabriz houses measurement tools spanning millennia, including a 5-million-year-old Pliocene tree trunk.
From the CommunityA 19th-century Tabriz mansion with walls of painted murals now houses the Azerbaijan Press Museum on its first floor.
From the CommunityA 19th-century mansion with no documented birth date now serves as Tabriz's official tourism information center.
From the CommunityThis pavilion was demolished in 1967 and rebuilt. After the revolution, Shah Goli became El Goli, but ask for directions and you'll hear both names.
From the CommunityThis Tabriz mansion belonged to the son-in-law of the shah who granted Iran its first constitution—then died 40 days later.
From the CommunityA merchant's home became revolution headquarters: printing presses ran in the parlor, plotting Iran's first constitution.
From the CommunityTabriz's Pottery Museum survived earthquakes that destroyed entire cities—now it's Iran's only live pottery workshop.
From the CommunityThis diplomat's mansion nearly became a school parking lot before a 13-year rescue transformed it into Tabriz's Qajar Museum.
From the CommunityForty years of collecting led to Iran's first sound museum, where fruit-core instruments share space with oil-powered radios.
From the CommunityTabriz's forever-unfinished prayer hall has been accused of undermining its ancient neighbor.
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