ToopKhāneh (; which literally means "Artillery Barracks"), also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major

town square A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Relat ...

(''

Maidan Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place (Persian: ), adopted by various other languages: Urdu (''maidān''); Arabic (''maydān''); Turkish ; Georgian (''moedani''); Bangla ময়দান, meaning f ...

-e Toopkhaneh'') and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. It was built in 1867 by an order of

Amir Kabir Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani (), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: ‎; 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), was chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar for the first three years of his reign. He is widely considered to be "Iran's first re ...

. After the

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

, it was renamed Imam Khomeini Square (). Cheragh Bargh (Amir Kabir) street ends-up to this square, and Naserie (Naser Khosrow) street, Bob Homayoun street, Sepah street, Ferdowsi Street and

Laleh-Zar Street Laleh-Zar street () is one of the oldest streets of Tehran, Iran. This street is bordered to the south by Toopkhaneh square, and to the north by Enqelab Street (former Shah Reza Street). At the end of the Qajar era and beginning of the Pahlavi ...

find ways to other directions. Buildings like

Telegraphkhane The Telegraphkhaneh building (Persian: ساختمان تلگرافخانه) or the Postkhaneh building (Persian: ساختمان پستخانه) was a building in Tehran, Iran, that was used as museum of post and telegraph. It was constructed duri ...

, Municipality Palace and the Imperial bank building surrounded the square. The Telegraphkhane and the Municipality Palace were demolished in 1970 and 1969 respectively.

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