Imamzadeh Hossein, Qazvin

Imamzadeh Hossein
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationQazvin, Iran
Imamzadeh Hossein, Qazvin is located in Iran
Imamzadeh Hossein, Qazvin
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates36°15′28″N 50°00′03″E / 36.2578°N 50.0008°E / 36.2578; 50.0008
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIranian
Dome(s)1

The Imamzadeh Hossein (also Emamzadeh-ye Hossein, Persian: مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین) is the grave mosque of Imamazadeh Husayn, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida ("Hazrat-e Reza") in Qazvin, Iran that the Safavids - Shah Tahmasp I built in the mid-16th century as a pilgrimage center. [1]

Entrance of the Imamzadeh
Rear view
  1. ^ Soheila Shahshahani (2009). Cities of Pilgrimage. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 32. ISBN 9783825816186. Retrieved 2015-12-18.