About

The city of Semnan is located south of the Alborz Mountain Range and north of the Great Salt Desert or Dasht-e Kavir. Semnan neighbors Mahdishahr in the north, Damghan in the east, Sorkheh in the west and Dasht-e Kavir and Isfahan Province in the south. This city has dry weather but experiences all four seasons. Since Sassanian times it has …

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History & Culture

The history of Semnan dates back to ancient Iran when the city was part of the Median (678 -549 BC) empire. In the Parthian era (247 BC–224 CE) Semnan became part of Qumis Province. In Sassanid (226-651 CE) Iran, Semnan was the province that separated Arsacia and Hyrcania. Some of Semnan’s famous historical and tourist attractions include Chehel Dokhtar Tower …

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Top Attractions

Imam Khomeini (Sultani) Mosque: The mosque founded under Fath Ali Shah in the 1820s. Two of its four iwans offer perfectly measured use of restrained colored brickwork. The extraordinarily high, west iwan of the Jameh Mosque dates from a 1424 rebuild, but the mosque’s most lovable feature is the gorgeous 21m brick minaret. Leaning and kinked, it still dominates the …

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