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Maragheh (Persian: مراغه) is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. At the 2006 census, its population was 146,405 in 38,891 households. The census in 2011 counted 162,275 people in 47,552 households.
Marāgheh, town in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran. It lies in the shelter of Mount Sahand (12,100 feet [3,700 metres]) in a well-watered valley. The town is the prosperous centre of a large fruit-growing area and exports dried fruits. Its modern development has been accelerated in recent.
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The Maragheh observatory (Persian: رصدخانه مراغه), also spelled Maragha, Maragah, Marageh, and Maraga, was an astronomical observatory established in the mid 13th century under the patronage of the Ilkhanid Hulagu and the directorship of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Persian scientist and astronomer.
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Maragheh is one of the 10 premier cities of Iran with tourist attractions in terms of rich historical and cultural context, such as Maragheh observatory, Maragheh Red Dome, blue dome and etc., and natural attractions such as pigeon cave, Alavian Dam lake, pinnacles and springs.
Feb 23, 2020 · Maragheh offers several tourist attractions to its visitors. This city is known as the garden city and astronomical capital of Iran. It is also one of the ten historical cities of Iran. Maragheh has many green areas and gardens inside the city, and the beautiful Sufi Chai River runs through the city center.
The Maragha Observatory. By Eman M. Elshaikh. From Ptolemy to Copernicus and Galileo, thinkers have debated what the Universe looked like for centuries. Ultimately, scholars moved from an Earth-centered model to a Sun-centered model. How did we get there? Planetary revolutions.
Maragheh Observatory was one of the largest and most famous Islamic observatory in the world with great observational instruments of high precision, related to the period before the telescope was invented.
