The Church of Saint George () is a thirteenth-century

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church in Haftvan,

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. It was renovated in 1652 and also after

1930 Salmas earthquake The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The earthquake, which was among Iran's largest, measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). A damaging foreshock ...

. There is a half-ruined auditorium nearby which was built in early twentieth century.

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