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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran Naqsh-e Jahan Square was laid out in 1602 CE under the reign of Shah Abbas I (1588 – 1699 CE), the fifth ruler of the Safavid …
Ziggurat is an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a high pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top. Kings could display their …
Historic bazaar of Tabriz is one of the most massive covered interconnected brick structures in the world. Tabriz, the biggest city in North West Iran, used to be Iran’s capital …
The first instances of gardens, as what we understand from the term today, began when wild fruit trees were fenced for protection from the animals and other humans. Later humans …
