Damavand is a city in and the capital of Damavand County

Damavand County

Damavand County is a county in Tehran Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Damavand. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 96,860, in 27,419 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Rudehen District...

, Tehran Province

Tehran Province

Tehran Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It covers on area of 18,909 square kilometers and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran....

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,433, in 10,279 families.

Damavand is an ancient and historic city. The name Damavand appears in Sassanid texts (as Dunbawand), and Parthia

Parthia

Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire....

n remains have been found there. The city fell to Arab Muslim invaders

Muslim conquests

Muslim conquests also referred to as the Islamic conquests or Arab conquests, began with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion of Muslim power.They...

 in 651 CE. It is close to Iran's.

Main sights

Damavand contains 37 historical tombs (Imamzadeh), 27 castle ruins, 23 traditional houses of architectural significance, 18 traditional bath houses, 6 caves, 5 historical bridges, 3 historical mosques, and 3 caravanserai

Caravanserai

A caravanserai, or khan, also known as caravansary, caravansera, or caravansara in English was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...

s.

The main landmarks are the Friday Mosque (15th century) and the Sheikh Shebli  Mausoleum and Tower, dating to the Seljuq era.

Transportation

Damavand can be reached by road from Firuzkuh

Firuzkuh

Firuzkuh is a city in and the capital of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,807, in 4,334 families....

  via Gilavand and from Haraz road, via Mosha.

External links

• Photo from Saha Air 707 at Airliners.net
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