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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 Safavid Period. Also known as Meydān-e Naqsh-e Jahān, the square used to constitute one of the greatest squares of the 17th century, to the extent that, by the time of ShāhAbbās, the Safavid, and his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Study shows traveler safety in Iran matches Europe

A new report on global security has portrayed Iran as safe as much of western Europe for travelers in what could be an evidence that the country’s tou ...

Tappe Sialk in central Iran, assumed birthplace of oldest civilization

Arghavan Shamsara : With a history of nearly over 8,000 years, Tappe Sialk prehistoric site in Iran’s central city of Kashan in Esfahan Province is b ...

Tabriz Bazaar world’s largest roofed traditional market

By Arghavan Shamsara : The Grand Bazaar of Tabriz in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz is known as the largest roofed Bazaar in the world and th ...

Old Caravansary Near Tehran Reopens to Public

As an ignored but high-potential province in terms of tourism, Alborz is gradually receiving officials’ attention in keeping with a drive to develop t ...