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The 18th anniversary of the world registration of the Soltanieh Dome



The Soltanieh dome is the tomb of Oljaito (Sultan Muhammad Khudabandeh). He was the eighth Mughal Sultan. Soltanieh Dome was built between 1302 and 1312 AD (703 to 713 AH) by order of Sultan Mohammad Khodabandeh in Soltanieh city (Ilkhanian capital) and is considered one of the important works of Iranian and Islamic architecture. Soltanieh Dome is registered in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This building is the first large brick dome in the world before the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore church, and the third largest dome in the world belongs to the Hagia Sophia Mosque. which was built by the Mongols (the period of the Mongol invasion of Iran).

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