Nishapur

Razavi Khorasan Province · Iran

Nishapur, Iran
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A historic city on the old Silk Road, home to the turquoise-tiled tomb garden of the poet-astronomer Omar Khayyam. Nearby lie the remains of an old caravanserai and the mines that gave the region its famous turquoise.

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