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Old June 15th, 2005, 11:31 AM   #1
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Gonbad Kavous - 1000 years ago, World's tallest tower!



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Old June 15th, 2005, 12:25 PM   #2
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Cool, which city is this one located in?
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Old June 15th, 2005, 12:59 PM   #3
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The name of city is also Gonbad Kavus (Kavus Tower).
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Old April 21st, 2006, 07:28 PM   #4
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Old April 22nd, 2006, 12:33 PM   #5
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Making a building that tall 1000 years ago is a masterpiece.
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Old April 27th, 2010, 08:54 AM   #6
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amazing! how tall is it?

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It is 72 meters tall. Still the world tallest structure made entirely of unreinforced brick.
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http://www.iran57.com/MyCountryIran,...bad_kavous.jpg

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Old June 28th, 2011, 03:41 AM   #9
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the inside

http://www.icae.ir/portal/Portals/0/.../05%20copy.jpg

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Old June 28th, 2011, 08:35 AM   #10
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whats that?
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whats that?
Its a light pointed straight up suspended by 3 wires so it can illuminating the interior of the tower.
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Old June 28th, 2011, 02:53 PM   #12
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Any time, and sorry for the bad grammar.
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