Maragheh or Maraghah is a town in the East Azarbaijan Province of Iran, on the Safi River. It is located at 37°23′ N 46°16′ E, 130 km from Tabriz. External links Official website of East Azarbaijan Governorship Categories: Iran geography stubs | Provinces of Iran ... Tabriz City Hall, built in 1895, by Arfaol molk, with the aid of German engineers. ...

Maragheh is pleasantly situated in a narrow valley running nearly north and south at the eastern extremity of a well-cultivated plain opening towards Lake Urmia, which lies 30 km to the west. The town is encompassed by a high wall ruined in many places, and has four gates. Two stone bridges in good condition, said to have been constructed during the reign of Hulaku Khan (1256-1265), and since then several times repaired, lead over the Safi River on the western side of the town. The place is surrounded by extensive vineyards and orchards, all well watered by canals led from the river, and producing great quantities of fruit. Satellite image of Lake Urmia, taken in November 2003 Lake Urmia (Persian: دریاچهٔ ارومیه) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, in Iranian Azarbaijan (between the provinces of East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan), west of the Caspian Sea. ... Hulagu Khan (also known as Hülegü, and Hulegu) (1217–8 February 1265) was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Events January 20 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting. ...

On a hill west of the town are the remains of a famous observatory (rasad) constructed under the direction of the great Persian astronomer Nasir al-Din Tusi. The hills west of the town consist of horizontal strata of sandstone covered with irregular pieces of basalt and the top of the hill on which the observatory stood was made level by taking away the basalt. The building, which no doubt served as a citadel as well, enclosed a space of 340 by 135 meters, and the foundations of the walls were 13 to 2 meters in thickness. Observatory of Strasbourg An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... خواجه نصير توسى Nasir Tusi or Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274, near Baghdad) was a Persian scientist, of Shia islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan (then Persia, present time Iran). ... Jump to: navigation, search Red Sandstone in Wyoming Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany Sandstone is an sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ... Basalt Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock, sometimes porphyritic, and is often both fine-grained and dense. ...

The marble, which is known throughout Iran as Maragha marble, is a travertine obtained at the village of Dashkesen (Azerbaijani for "stone-breakers") about 50 km north-west from Maragha. It is deposited from water, which bubbles up from a number of springs in the form of horizontal layers, which at first are thin crusts and can easily be broken, but gradually solidify and harden into blocks with a thickness of about 20 cm. It is a singularly beautiful substance, being of pink, greenish, or milk-white colour, streaked with reddish, copper-coloured veins. Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ...

The name Maraghe is attested in older texts as "Marâvâ" which is the pronunciation of the Persian name "Mâdâbâd" ("City of the Medes) in the local Tati language. Jump to: navigation, search The Medes were an Iranian stock, who lived in the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. ... Tati can refer to: An alternative romanization of the Japanese word tachi. ...

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