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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Pasargadae’A collection of ancient remains of the Achaemenid Period (6th Century BC), Pasargadae is located to the north of Shiraz, to a distance of 135 kilometers, in Pāsārgād area (Fars Province, south-west of Iran). The most prominent among the historical subsets of the site, Cyrus the Greate’s Resting Place, Cambyses the King’s Resting Place, the ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Bam and its Cultural Landscape’
The ancient citadel of Bam (Kerman Province, south-east of Iran) enjoys plenty of architectural and urban design features; covering a 200,000-square-m ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site`Takht-e Soleyman’
A vast historical site near the city of Tekāb, and by Takht-e Soleymān village of West Azarbāyjān Province (north-west of Iran), Takht-e Soleyman comp ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian SiteTchoghaZanbil
Tchoghazanbil is the regional name for a majestic ancient mud-brick ziggurat, established in 1250 BC in fulfillment of an order by UntāshGāl, the grea ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site Meidan-e Emam, Esfahan
Located in the City of Isfahan (Central Iran), Meidan-e Emam manifests as a vast rectangular square surrounded by architectural structures of the Safa ...
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There are 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran: 22 cultural sites and 2 natural.
Bam Cultural Landscapes (2004) Inscribed in 2004, this entry into the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran features the wor ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Persepolis’
For years in the course of the Achaemenid Period, Persepolis used to function as the administrative capital of Iranian Em ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Works
Prince Bayasanghor’s Book of the Kings (Shāhnāme) Shāhnāme (“Iranian Book of Kings”) comprises a collection of epical poems by the great Iranian po ...
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Summer festival to highlight rural heritage in Gilan
Gilan province is to hold a summer festival, which turns the spotlight on rural heritage, traditions, arts and architecture in the northern province. ...
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Iranian gardens, imaginative symbols of paradise on earth ( Video )
Iranian gardens have for nearly 6,000 years combined the beauty of nature with the aesthetic qualities of art and architecture to create a symbolic re ...