Geography and history
With 18050 Kilometres area, the province of Ardabil is located on the north- east of Iran. It includes the districts of
Ardabil, Khalkhall, Meshkeen Shahr, Geirmi, Bilasavar and Pars Abad. The historic and Islamic city of Ardabil is the capital of the
province. Four districts of this province are located on the border with the Republic of
Azarbaijan, with a total border line of 282.5 kilometres length. The river Aras and the river Balha consist 159 kilometres of the border length mentioned
above. Throughout two checkpoints, named Aslandooz and Bilasavar, while Ardabil-Astara road via
Hayran, connects Ardabil to Rasht, Qazvin and Tehran.
Allah Allah Dome
Historical monuoment
The most important places to visit in Ardabil are as following Neior lake Shoorabil lake marshlands of
Ganjgah, nooshar, molla Shmed and peer-el=Qeer
River sides of the river (Roodkhaneh)Baliquli Chay
wild lifewater fall Goorgoor on Sabalan.
hot water spring,mineral springs Shaykh Shfi Tomb complex,Shaykh Jebrayeel Tomb
Imamzadeh Salih Tomb,Masajid(mosques) Mirza
Old Bridges of Qara sou Eidi Gouz, Ibrahim Abad, Yaqobeyeh,Sayed Abad,
Samian, kalkhoran, Neer, Almas, Shahr Chay andGuilndeh.
Old Bathes of Och Doccan, Peer Zargar, Mirza Habib,
The Old Bazaar Complex,Old Houses of Ardabil.
old Hills of Qara Shirvan, Naranj Tappeh, Sarqeen, Aq Imam,Old Cemetreis of sham Asbi and
Karjan.
tower of Shater Gunbadi,Stone cave of Dakhmeh Sangi
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Sabalan Springs
Historical
The history of the province of Ardabil is a part of the history of
Azarbaijan. Most Iranian historians believe that the city was built by
Firooz, the Sasanid king (457-489AC), and the city has a 1500 year history.
But even earlier, Ardabil was a very important city from the military and political points of view during the Achaemenid period, which was a military base on the northern border of the Persian Empire. according to Avesta, the Iranian profit, Zoroaster was born near the river Daei Yeta which is now named Aras, and he had written his book in Sabalab area, while he began to
propagate his religion in the city of Ardabil.
Ardebil Museum
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