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18 February 2019Fatima Masumeh Shrine (Hazrat-e Masoumeh)

The shrine belong to Fatima Masumeh (790- 816 AD) the sister of the Ali Ibn Mussa Reza (eighth Imam of Twelver Shiites) in downtown Qom City. She is one of …

18 February 2019Bisotun

Close to Kermanshah, the mount Bisotun houses a series of the most prominent bas-reliefs and cuneiform inscriptions in the world. Rose to the throne of the Persian Empire in 521 …

17 February 2019Saffron

Saffron is one of the most high-quality and precious products of Iran that has its own customers all over the world. The plant is also known as the Red Gold. …

17 February 2019Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region

Sassanid (224 – 650 CE) Archaeological Landscape comprises of eight ancient archeological sites in south Iran; City of Bishapur, Shapur cave, Ardashir Khurreh, Palace of Ardashir, Qal'eh Dokhtar, Ardashir Investiture …

15 February 2019Sheikh Safi al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble

Sheikh Safi al-din Ardebili (1252 – 1334 CE) was a mystic, a poet, and the ancestor of Shah Ismail I the founder of Safavid dynasty. Sheikh Safi is also the …

14 February 2019Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System

Located in the north of Khuzestan province, Shushtar has hosted the River of Karun for millennia and historical hydraulic system on it for centuries. The hydraulic system has included a …

14 February 2019Taḵht-e Soleyman

Takht- e Soleyman was a principal sacred place of Zoroastrianism, the Sassanid (224 – 650 CE) State faith that influenced monotheism. The general layout of the site became an architectural …

13 February 2019Pasargadae

Pasargadae was the earliest capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (600 – 530 BCE) who had ordered its construction. Pasargadae was the capital of the Achaemenid dynasty …

12 February 2019Shahr-e Sukhteh

Shahr-e Sokhteh meaning the burnt city is an ancient city in the south-east of Iran that belongs to 3200 BC. Site excavations have revealed amazing facts about the civilization of …

12 February 2019Persepolis

Persepolis (derived from Greek Pérsēs and pólis meaning the Persian city) or Takht-e Jamshid (literally meaning Throne of Jamshid – an Iranian mythological king) is the remains of Achaemenid (550 …

11 February 2019Bam and its Cultural Landscapes

Cultural Landscape is representative of humans' effects on their natural environment through their adopted life style. Sometimes these effects are such old and rich that can be considered as a …

11 February 2019Dome of Soltaniyeh

The city of Soltaniyeh, the capital of the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty (1259 – 1355 CE) hosts an outstanding turquoise-blue dome, the oldest double-shell dome of Iran. This dome is the …