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Sardar Bozorg Qazvin Cistern

Sardar Bozorg Qazvin Cistern is one of the most beautiful buildings in Qazvin province that you dear ones can visit with Persiantrips tourism tours.

This building is known as the largest single-dome cistern in Iran and is located on Qazvin Railway Street. The architects of this building, Mohammad Hassan Khan and Mohammad Hussein Khan Sardar were among the rulers of Fath Ali Shah Qajar. The cistern of the great Sardar in Qazvin has a high door with a truncated arch. The tap waterway of Anbar has fifty stone steps and to reach the water, you have to go down twelve and a half meters. Also, its water tank is square in shape and approximately 17 meters in size. The materials used in its piers are lime mortar with mortar coating and their diameter is about three meters. This reservoir consists of a large brick dome on the surface of which there are holes for light, so it can be said that the light supply of this part was through this dome. In addition, at the end of this dome, right at the top, there is a small conical dome covered with turquoise tiles. The height of this dome to the ground is about 28.5 meters and for ventilation of the water reservoir, apart from the same conical dome which is the central windbreak, four other lattice holes have been designed in the dome. As soon as you enter, there are two platforms on both left and right sides for people who have entered the water reservoir to get rid of their tiredness. After passing 50 steps, you will reach the main part of the water reservoir and its main canal. At the entrance of this reservoir, a wide arch with a gabled arch and two side arches has been built in two floors.

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