TEHRAN- The underground city of Samen in Malayer, Hamedan province, is poised for tourist enhancement, the provincial tourist chief has said.The Samen underground city holds considerable tourist potential for both Malayer and the surrounding region, Mohsen Masoum Alizadeh said on Saturday, CHTN reported.With federal government assistance and its growing appeal during Nowruz events in the last few years, this special destination has actually triggered a renaissance in Hamadans tourism sector, ranking it amongst the 5 most-visited attractions in the province, he added.He also highlighted that this amazing underground site attracts over 200,000 domestic and global travelers each year.Samen below ground settlement has 25 rock-carved rooms, interlinked tunnels, and corridors.The below ground complex appears to have been first used for spiritual purposes, then as a cemetery, and finally as a shelter during emergencies.The underground complex, situated 400 km west of Tehran, is thought to be constructed at some point between the fall of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC) and the early Parthian age (247 BC-224 CE).
Excavations at the website started in 2005 and are still going on.
Up until now tens of well-preserved skeletons have actually been retrieved from its interconnected chambers.Iran is a haven for ancient troglodytic architecture which is rather forgotten though they are filled with life and imagination.
The northwest Kandovan village is among the most well-known examples of troglodytic architecture in the nation; its ice-cream cone-shaped homes resemble that of Turkeys Cappadocia.In October 2018, the nation hosted the 3rd International Troglodytic Architecture Conference in which tens of experts, researchers, and academia went over troglodyte-associated architecture, culture, and technology.Known in classical times as Ecbatana, Hamedan was among the ancient worlds greatest cities.
Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but substantial parts of the city center are provided over to excavations.
Ecbatana was the capital of Media and subsequently a summertime home of the Achaemenian kings who ruled Persia from 553 to 330 BC.Hamadan has actually had lots of names: it was possibly the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks.
Among the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; died 529 BC) and later Achaemenian rulers, it was the website of a royal summer season palace.About 1220, Hamedan was ruined by the Mongols.
In 1386 it was sacked by Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, and the residents were massacred.
It was partially restored in the 17th century and subsequently changed hands frequently between Iranian judgment homes and the Ottomans.Sitting on a high plain, Hamedan is graciously cool in August but snow susceptible and freezing from December to March.
In summer the air is often hazy.
Ali Sadr cavern, Ganjnameh engravings, Avicenna Mausoleum, Hegmataneh hill, Alaviyan dome, Jameh mosque, and St.
Stephanos Gregorian Church are among Hamedans destinations to call a few.SAB/