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Monar Jonban

Iran

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Monar Jonban (Menar-e-jomban, lit. 'Shaking minarets'), is a mosque and mausoleum, located in Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. It was intended as a shrine, built over the grave of the Sufi ascetic Amu Abdullah Suqla. Construction started in the Ilkhanate era and it was finished during the Safavid era. The most notable feature of the building are its two minarets, that both shake and sway when one of them is shaken. The structure was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 10 June 1942, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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