Kharraqan towers

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The brick structures stand 15 meters tall and 4 meters wide, and make extensive use of geometry. Inside the older mausoleum there is a lamp and paintings.

These are remnant examples of architecture that exist from the Seljuk dynasty of medieval Persia.

Both towers were significantly damaged by the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake. These were in a good state of preservation prior to the rupture, suggesting it was one of the most powerful in the region for approximately 900 years.cite journal |last=Walker |first=R. T. |coauthors=Bergman, E; Jackson, J; Ghorashi, M; Talebain, M. |year=2005 |title=The 2002 June 22 Changureh (Avaj) earthquake in Qazvin province, northwest Iran: epicentral relocation, source parameters, surface deformation and geomorphology|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=160 |pages=707–720 |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AGUFM.S52A..05W |accessdate=2008-07-02 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02516.x ]

ee also

*Iranian architecture
*ICHO

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