Editing Iranian architecture (section)

== UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites ==
[[File:Choghazanbil2.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Ziggurat]]s such as the [[UNESCO]] designated [[World Heritage Sites|World Heritage Site]] of [[Chogha Zanbil]], which relieved the flat monotony of the southern [[Khuzestan]] plane, were but "ritual imitations of the familiar sacred mountains which ring the [[Iranian plateau]]".<ref>[[Arthur Upham Pope]], ''Persian Architecture'', 1965, New York, p.16</ref>]]
The following is a list of World Heritage Sites designed or constructed by Iranians, or designed and constructed in the style of Iranian architecture:
*Inside Iran:
**[[Arg-e Bam|Arg-é Bam]] Cultural Landscape, [[Kerman]]
**[[Naqsh-e Jahan Square]], Isfahan
**[[Damavand]], [[Mazandaran]]
**[[Pasargadae]], [[Fars province|Fars]]
**[[Persepolis]], Fars
**[[Chogha Zanbil]], [[Khuzestan]]
**[[Takht-e Soleyman]], [[West Azerbaijan]]
**[[Dome of Soltaniyeh]], [[Zanjan, Iran|Zanjan]]
**[[Behistun Inscription]], [[Kermanshah province]]
*Outside Iran:
** [[Tomb of Ahmad Sanjar|Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar]], [[Turkmenistan]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Creswell|first=K. A. C.|date=1913|title=The Origin of the Persian Double Dome|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/i235961|journal=The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs|volume=24|pages=94}}</ref><ref>UNESCO Office Tashkent, and Georgina Herrmann. "The Archaeological Park 'Ancient Merv' Turkmenistan", ''UNESCO'', 1998, p. 51–52 https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/886.pdf</ref>
** [[Konye-Urgench#Archaeological remains|Ruins of Konye-Urgench]], Turkmenistan<ref>Kuehn, S. 2007. "Tilework on 12th to 14th century funerary monuments in Urgench (Gurganj)", in ''Arts of Asia'', Volume 37, Number 2, pages 112-129</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kunya-Urgench|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1199|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Center|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref>
**[[Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi]], [[Kazakhstan]]
**Historic Centre of [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]
**Historic Centre of [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]], Azerbaijan
**Historic Centre of [[Bukhara]], [[Uzbekistan]]
**Historic Centre of [[Shahrisabz]], Uzbekistan
**[[Itchan Kala]] of [[Khiva]], Uzbekistan
**[[Samarkand]], Uzbekistan
**[[Fortifications of Derbent|Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings]] of [[Derbent]], [[Republic of Dagestan|Daghestan]], Russia
**[[Baha'i Gardens]], [[Haifa]], Israel
**[[Bibi-Heybat Mosque]], Azerbaijan
**[[Tuba Shahi Mosque]], Azerbaijan
**[[Palace of Shaki Khans]], [[Shaki, Azerbaijan]]