Toopkhaneh

Toopkhāneh (Persian: توپخانه, Toopkhāneh; translated: Cannon House)[1] (also spelt as Tupkhāneh) is a major town square (Maidan-e Toopkhaneh) and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of the city of Tehran, Iran. built in 1867 by an order of Amir Kabir and Commissioned in 1877.[2]










References

  1. ^ Cannon House is the literal meaning of Toopkhāneh, which consists of Toop, Cannon, Artillery, and Khāneh, House, Abode. It is colloquially pronounced as Tupkuneh or Tupkhooneh.
  2. ^ "میدان امام خمینی". کتاب اول. http://ketabeavval.ir/Tehran/1429.aspx. Retrieved 31 mar 2011. 
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  • indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.