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Shahr-e Sukhteh, Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site

Shahr-e Sukhteh (The Burnt City) Shahr-e Sukhteh was founded around 3200 B.C. in a green area, which is now a dry desert. Until 1800 B.C., the city was abandoned and rebuilt for four times. The site is a rich source of information about the emergence of advanced societies and the relationships between them in the millennium B.C. This archeological ...

Golestan Palace, Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site

The Glorious Golestan Palace is an impressive example of Qajari Art Style. Having been a source of inspiration for many Iranian artists since the Eigh ...

Gonbad-e Qabus Tower, Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site

Gonbad-e Qabus Tower is a fourteenth-century monument located in the Northeast of Iran, City of Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan Province. As one of the most ...

Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site`Jameh Mosque of Isfahan’

Jameh Mosque of Isfahan Jameh Mosque of Isfahan is the oldest monument in Isfahan and an outstanding instance to show the course of changes in the Ira ...

The Persian Garden, Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site

Having satisfied five of the inscription criteria, the collection of Pasargadae and Eram gardens in Fars Province (south-west of Iran), Pahlevānpur an ...

Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex, The greatest roofed bazaar of the world

The greatest roofed bazaar of the world, and enjoying a history of nine centuries, the ancient Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex continues to function as ...

Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine’

Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil Encompassing architectural remains of the period between the years 735 and 1038 AH, the She ...

Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System’

The Shustar Historical Hydraulic System (Khuzestan Province, south-west of Iran) were established during the reign of Darius the Great, the Achaemenid ...

Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran

The collection of Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran encompasses three Armenian Christian churches, namely Saint. Tadeus (QaraKelisā: “black church”) ...

Bisotun, The most magnificent ancient site of Iran

The most magnificent ancient site of Bisotun area (Kermanshah Province, west of Iran) is Darius I’s Bas Relief and Inscription, carved around the year ...