Larha Mountain – Qom

Shahzadeh Hamzeh is the offspring of Moosa Ebne Ja'far and the sibling of Imam Reza. This Imamzadeh is located in the Old Square of Qom and is highly honored by the inhabitants. This structure has a very interesting plan. Its entrance doors of the courtyard open at such an angle so as to face the...

Yazdan Panah’s house is located in the cotton garden neighborhoods of Qom, and it is from the late Qajar and Early Pahlavi eras. Yazdan Panah’s house of Qom has an outstanding Iranian architecture design. This building is located near the ancient bazar, the oldest neighborhood for the deals and...

The same is related to the early 8th century AH. It is an octagonal structure with a conical dome. The porch was added to the building in the Qajar era. The adornments of the mausoleum are equivalent in rank to other known remnants of the province. Its plaster work is worth mentioning as the same...

According to historical facts, the same was the lodging of the 8th Imam of the Shiites during the presence of His Holiness to the city of Qom. The area near this vicinity is famously known as the Shah-e-Khorassan locality. On the premises of this school is a well which it is said that the 8th Imam...

The archaic bazaar of Qom comprises of two sectors, the old and new ones. The old segment with its valuable surrounding structures lies to the east of Taleqani Avenue, prolonging from the limits of Paminar towards the north. The new sector of bazaar is an extension of this route running northwards....

Palang Darreh Protected Area is located in the south western side of Qom Province (on Salafchegan-Neyzar Road) and 50 kilometers from Qom County. Appropriate vegetation and accessible and abundant water have made a suitable habitat for different kinds of mammals, reptiles and birds and this has...

The same is located on the skirts of Bidqan, at a distance of 18 km. from Qom. It is one of the oldest pilgrimage sites of the province. This is the mausoleum of three personalities being, Shahzadeh Esmaeil and his offspring Hamzeh and Shahzadeh Mohammad. Historical relics in this Imamzadeh are...

In Qom province and more so in its rural areas handicrafts play an important part. Even though today it is to a lesser degree, but is still a means of earning a livelihood. The most important of these handicrafts are: carpets, brick and ceramic work, latticed work, a special type of sweet known as...

Imamzadeh Moosa Mobarqeh is the offspring of Hazrat Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS), who lived in Qom in the year 256 AH. His sisters also migrated to the city and were deceased here. They were laid to rest alongside the sacred tomb of Hazrat Ma'soomeh (AS). Moosa Mobarqeh passed away in the year 296 AH....

After As’arians came to Qom, they destroyed Qom’s fire temple and instead established a mosque in this town which in fact was the first mosque of this town. Since old times, people of Qom believed that a part of today’s mosque was established by the order of Imam Hassan Asqari (praise be upon...

Jamkaran Holy Mosque stands 6 kilometers from Qom religious city. The mosque is attributed to Sheikh Hassan ibn Muthlih Jamkarani, over one thousand years ago, who claimed that he had met Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Shiite Imam, and Imam Mahdi had ordered him to build the mosque. This mosque is...

Jame Mosque of Qom or the ancient central mosque is one of the old mosques of Qom town. This town is located in the center of Qom town and it is a set of buildings constructed in different eras. The central mosque of Qom has various spectacular parts such as veranda, Maqsurah, Gushvarehs,...