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for me, I will take new photos from this city probably in october.
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Shirāz is located in the foothills of the Zagros
Mountains in Iran at 29°37′N 52°32′E and elevation of about 1500
meters (5200 ft).
In relation to its neighboring provinces, Yazd and Khouzestan,
Shirāz has a more moderate climate, with warm/hot summers and mild
winters.
Shirāz is famous for its Persian Carpet production and flowers as
well. It is also believed that the name of the Shiraz grape
originates from here as well (although the grape itself has been
shown, through genetic testing, to have originated in France.)
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Remnant columns of Takhti Jamshid Palace |
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View of Perspolise |
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Shiraz is most likely more than 3000 years old. The
earliest reference to the city is on Elamite clay tablets dated to
2000 BC, found in June of 1970, while digging to make a kiln for a
brick making factory in SW corner of the city. The tablets written
in ancient Elamite, name a city called Tiraziš. Phonetically, this
is interpreted as /tiračis/ or /ćiračis/. This name became Old
Persian /širājiš/; through regular sound change comes the modern
Persian name Shirāz. The name Shiraz also appears on clay sealings
found at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, a Sassanid ruin, east of the city, (2nd
century A.D.) . Incidentally the oldest sample of wine in the world
dating to approximately 7000 years ago was also discovered on clay
jars recovered outside of Shiraz.
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Bas Relif & Engrave of Soldiers in Passargad |
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Tomb (Mausoleum) of Cyrus, the Great, Founder of Achaemenid
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Castle of Karim Khan Zand |
Shiraz is accessible via freeways to Esfahan, and
roadways to Bushehr and the Persian Gulf. A metro urban railway
system is being built by the Shiraz urban railway organization.
Shiraz International Airport serves as the largest airport in the
south provincial region of Iran. It has direct flight connections to
Dubai, Bahrain, and Qatar.
Reference : WikiPedia
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