Gonbad Qabus; The tallest brick tower in the world

Gonbad Qabus; The tallest brick tower in the world

Gonbad Qabus or Gonbad-e Kavus is one of the most beautiful iran attractions, which was built in 375 AH during the reign of the Ziyarian by the order of most famous King of that dynasty, near the city of Jorjan that today it called Gonbad-e Kavus in Golestan province.
This tower is 53 meters high and is located on a hill with height of 17 meters. Thus, Gonbad Qabus with 70 meters’ high is the tallest brick tower in the world, that has been registered in UNESCO world heritage site.
Many enthusiasts and tourists from all over the world visit this beautiful historical monument every year when they travel to iran, so if you are interested in visiting Iran, stay with us to get acquainted with this beautiful Iran tourist attraction.

Gonbade Qabus architecture
Gonbad Qabus Tower is composed of three parts that are called Foundation, body, and Dome. The body of this building is designed as a Decagon and is located on a circular base. This circular base is enormous and most of its volume is located inside the hill and only two meters from its base is outside of the hill.
Architectures only used baked brick for building Gonbad Qabus and it will amaze you if we say no steel or concrete has been used in building this tower and it is still stayed up after 1000 years and natural factors didn’t cause any harm.

We should mention that during these years, the Gonbad Qabus Tower has been restored only 3 times, and the only change that has happened over these years is changing the color of its from red to golden because of the sunlight.