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Rasht, Iran

Rasht Municipality Building

Rasht, Iran

Rasht Municipality Building
Photo: Behrad Moudi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

The Rasht Municipality Building, located in Rasht, Iran, is a government structure exemplifying Pahlavi architecture and designated as an Iranian National Heritage site. Built in mortar, brick, and stone and standing 12 meters tall, it represents the civic architectural ambitions of early–to–mid twentieth-century Iran, when such public buildings served as symbols of modernization and administrative authority.

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Type
cultural property, government building
Materials
mortar, brick, stone
Heritage
Iranian National Heritage
Height
12 m
Place
Rasht, Iran

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