Ardakan

Ardakan

 

The district of Ardakan is located on the main road between Tehran and the port

 

Bandar Abbas and it is the largest district of the province.The name of Ardakan

 

is formed from two parts"Ard" which means holy and "Kan" which means mine o

 

r place.

During its golden age, the town of Ardakan was located in a place which was

 

named "Zardak" and its walls still exist in the region . The most important places

 

to visit in this district are as following:

hGharhayeh (caves)Mahaneh, Eshkotj and Abul-Qassim Rashti which are

 

located in Kharanaq and Aqda.

Rebathayeh (old style chech points) Saghaneh and Khargooshi.

Hoze Jafar Waleh Abad Caravansaries which is located in Rabat Region.

Rabathayeh (old style ceck points) Arganan, Naristan and Shahzadeh.

Khanehayeh Qadimi (old huses) of the town Ardecan.

Masajd Qadimi (Old Mosques) Zeer Deh, Haj Radijab, Zardakand Mohammad

 

Hosseini which are locted in the town of Ardakan.

Masjid Qadimi (Old Mosque) Kharanaq.

Makanhayeh Muqaddas (Holly Places) Peer Sabz Chec Checo and Peer Hasht

 

Zartoshteyan.

Masjid Jami(Ardakan Friday Mosque) which is a heritage of the 10th ventu

r.