{"id":7026,"date":"2022-03-31T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/?p=7026"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:10:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:40:20","slug":"the-tower-of-gonbadekavus-in-golestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/?p=7026","title":{"rendered":"The tower of Gonbadekavus in Golestan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As a world heritage monument and the highest brick tower (72 meters) all around the world, this tower is considered as the most important icon for Golestan province. Dating back to 10<sup>th<\/sup> century, the tower was built by the order of Ghaboos ebne voshmgir; the ruler of the region in that time, which has been considered as one the best engineered towers worldwide. 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