Landmarks

Located in city of Hamadan, Avicenna Mausoleum is a key landmark in an Iranian province of the same name.

The resting place belongs to the world-renowned Iranian philosopher, thinker, scientist and physician Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina is better known in Europe by his Latinized name, Avicenna.

Muslim physician Ibn Sina (AD 980-1037) is one of the most famous and influential philosopher-scientists in recorded history.

The amazing structure houses a library with a number of valuable manuscripts. The pillars of the mausoleum amount to 12 symblizing the number of knowledge fields Avicenna gained expertise in his life time.

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