Shiraz City

Shiraz city are quite known as city of tyranny, with many of terror striking it, but don’t you know that Shiraz city is also the hometown of two of Iran’s greatest poets Saadi and Hafez.

Although Iran is a religion country which Islam as the center of the culture and foundation of the country, but there also some church in there. These two churches are worth to visit. These two are located in Shiraz which are Armenian Church and the Church of St. Simon.

Armenian Church is located in the area of ​​”Sare Jouye Aramaneh” in the eastern city of Shiraz, which at the time of Shah Abbas the second. The main building is located in the middle of the park. Interior of the church is a large room with a flat roof decorated with paintings from the Safavid period. This is an historic church and the monument is quite interesting to visit in Shiraz.

While the Church of Saint Simon has a Persian-style architecture while the Romanesque roof. Even though not as old as the Church of Armenia but also interesting enough to visit.