:: A window into history

Chehelston Mansion

Shah Tahmasb Palace, which in the Safavid period was known as a pergola and a gabled mansion and was built in the middle of a large garden and the only remaining pavilion of the Safavid royal palaces of this octagonal building with a central hall and small rooms and porches around, Qazvin mural on the first floor is world famous.
 

Traditional Bazaar and Saad Al-Saltanah Collection

Saad Al-Saltanah Collection is the largest indoor caravanserai and commercial center in Iran, which with an area of more than 2.6 hectares was built by Baqer Khan Saad al-Saltanah, governor of Qazvin at the end of the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, and consists of nested and continuous houses. Rooms with used porches, multiple rows, Caesarea, large square, multiple and high entrances, large courtyards, dock and large camel resting area with more than one hundred brick columns, baths, magnificent porches and rooms that Around open spaces and in wide and long corridors with having brickwork and tile decorations.Qazvin Traditional Bazaar, Razavi Palace, Wazir Palace, Haj Reza Palace, Qaisaria, Mint, Golshan Palace, Cotton Palace, Timcheh Sarbaz, Dalandraz Caravanserai, Timcheh Sarposhideh, Haj Mohammad Palace, Haj Naqd Ali Palace and Saad Al-Saltanah are other historical commercial spaces where are considerable in Qazvin.
 

Atiq Public Mosque

Jame Mosque of Qazvin is one of the oldest mosques in Iran, and is the grand, congregational mosque (Jameh Mosque) of Qazvin, in Qazvin Province, Iran. The oldest part of the mosque is said to have been constructed by the orders of Harun al-Rashid in 807CE.[citation needed] Later additions were made, the last being during the late Safavid era. The double layered main dome of the mosque is from the Seljuk era, and is locked to the public.It houses some precious examples of relief calligraphy from medieval times. Renovations have also been carried out on many sections of the mosque. The foundation of the mosque is laid on a Zoroastrian fire temple.In spite of the devastating Mongol invasion, the mosque still stands today in its full glory. It is still in use.Parts of the mosque have been turned into a public library. The mosque also contains a Shabestan and Ab anbar, both now under the protection of Iran›s Cultural Heritage.