Khorramabad

Iran
Khorramabad, Iran
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This large red-brick hilltop fortress dominates this Iranian mountain-valley city, which also offers a reflective urban lake, an ancient stone arch bridge, a tall historic minaret, and dramatic orange ridgelines rising above the dense cityscape.

  • Population329,825
  • Nearest water0.0 km
  • Nearest mountain3.0 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km7