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Tourism is one of the largest sources of economic revenue for many countries around the world. The historical and cultural treasures of Iran made it one the main destinations for international tourists. One of the biggest problems encountered by the tourists during the visit to monuments of Iran is the lack of information about the visited landmark. Given that cameras can be found in all of the smart phones, the use of the landmark's photos can be very important for obtaining information about the tourism sites. The detection of the landmarks in an image taken by the mobile phone camera can be a very complex task depending on the angle and the light situation in which the photo is taken. In...