Golestan Palace
Also known as Golestân, Palace du Golestan
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Iran
Inscribed
2013
Area
5 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Golestan Palace is in Tehran. The nearest other World Heritage site is Trans-Iranian Railway, about 3 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tehran · about 7,873,000 peopleat the site
- Karaj · about 1,423,000 peopleabout 45 km west
- Varamin · about 180,000 peopleabout 45 km south-east
- Amol · about 222,000 peopleabout 120 km north-east
- Qom · about 973,000 peopleabout 120 km south
- Saveh · about 176,000 peopleabout 120 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IranCultural3 km away
IranCultural69 km away
IranCultural113 km away
IranCultural250 km away
IranCultural281 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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