Takht-e Soleyman, Iran - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Takht-e Soleyman, Iran

Weather: Thunderstorms in the morning, 63/82F.

Route: From Soltaniyeh 256 km east on route 2.

Significance: The archeological site includes remains of a large Zoroastrian sanctuary that was originally built in the 6th-7th centuries and then rebuilt by the Monguls in the 13th century.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

Ruins with volcano in the background (from whc.unesco.org)

Area that was rebuilt in the 13th century (from whc.unesco.org)