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Avicenna's Mausoleum and
Museum
Hamadan
has been the land of great heroes and scientists: Cyrus the Great grew up
here, Pharaortes was executed here, and after thousands of years the
vestiges of the mythological walls surrounding the beautiful town of
Daiakku (Deioces), the Medes' King, still can be seen there. The
world-famous Iranian scientist, philosopher, and physician Abu Ali Sina
known 1o the West as Avicenna, a prodigy who knew Koran by heart, lived in
Hamadan for several years. He died in 1307. A large mausoleum built over
his tomb in 1952, together with a library (which contains approximately
8,000 volumes of books) and a small museum devoted to his works are
visited by most local and foreign tourists. A magnificent view of the city
and the Mount Alvand can be seen from the roof of this museum.
Avicenna was above all a mathematician whose theories were taught in
Europe until the 19th century. Today he would have been called a "pluridiscjplinary"
scientist. His works as a poet and philosopher are still studied by
Iranians and Orientalists.
On the left side gallery of the mausoleum there is a grave which is
attributed to Abu Sa'id Dakhdukh, The grave of Aref-e Qazvini a famous
early-twentieth century Iranian poet is also situated in an open yard
close to the entrance of the building,
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Actually., mausoleums
are the best historical monuments of Hamadan for a tourist to visit, Like
the whole city, the exterior of historic sites and mausoleums have been
renewed in most cases by constructions inspired by spindle-shaped
structure of Mongol towers, to the exclusion of all other features of
these towers,
Visiting Hours everyday 08:00 am to 13:00 PM and 14:00-16'00 PM |