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Qazvin, also Romanized as Qazvīn, Qazwin, Kazvin, Kasvin, Caspin, Casbin, Casbeen, or Ghazvin, is a city in the Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in Qazvin province.
Left: Chahel Stoun Palace, Aminiha Hosseiniyeh, Anthropology Qajar Bath Musume, Tomb of Hamdollah Mostofi, Right: Shazdeh Hosein Shrine, Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh, Qazvin Ghadim Gate, Qazvin Jameh Mosque, Al-Nabi Mosque of Qazvin (all items are from above to bottom)
The dome chamber of the Jameh mosque is the oldest structure in Qazvin, dating from the early 1100s.
Tomb of Hamdallah Mustawfi, built in the 14th century
Shah Tahmasp I (1524–1576) made Qazvin the capital of the Safavid empire.
Qazvin province
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Qazvin Province IPA: [ɢæzˈviːn] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, with the city of Qazvin as its capital. The province was carved out of Tehran province in 1993. At the time of the National Census of 2006, the population of the province was 1,127,734 in 294,305 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,201,565 inhabitants living in 352,472 households, of whom 68.05% lived in cities and 31.95% in villages. By the time of the most recent census in 2016, the population had risen to 1,273,761 people in 397,165 households.
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Qazvin province contains fine examples of Iranian architecture from various ages.
The Kharaghan twin towers, built in 1067 AD, Qazvin province.
Peyghambarieh ("the place of the prophets"). The mausoleum contains the resting place of four Jewish saints.