Art & Culture

Museums

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Sanandaj Museum

Located in the external part of some important Qajar buildings, Sanandaj Museum is also known as the house of Salar Saeed which was constructed in two parts: a yard and e...

Negel Mosque and Quran

Negel is a village located in 65km to Sanandaj and between Sanandaj and Marivan. Located in a valley from the south of which the Shoshtar River passes through, Negel vill...

Azadi Tower

Azadi tower on the campus of Azadi square with Hossein Amanat design and implementation has been built during the Pahlavi era (1349 Hijri). The Human Right charter of Cyr...

Marmar Palace in Ramsar

When summer arrives, many passengers travel to Ramsar in Mazandaran province in order to recreate in the dense forests, spectacular countryside regions and sand coasts of...

Iran National Museum

The National Museum is the most important museum in Iran to hold archaeological collections; research shows that it is established commissioned by Reza Shah to a French a...

Mofakham Edifice

Mofakham edifice , the biggest and the most prominent architectural monument of Qajar era was built by Yar Muhammad Khan Shadlo who was known to Mofakham commander at the...

(War Museum) Cultural Center of Khoramshahr Holy Defense

(War Museum) Cultural Center of Khorramshahr Holy Defense

Cultural center building of Khorramshahr holy defense constructed in 1309 had been used as the administrative building of Oil Company up to the end of Iran–Iraq war. This...

Afifabad Garden

Afifabad Garden is located in a street with the same name in one of the most expensive districts of Shiraz. It was built in 1863 S.H. Afifabad complex includes a garden,...

Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice (Laundry)

Zanjan Rakhtshooy Khaneh edifice was built by two brothers whose name were Mashhadi Akbar (architect) and Mashhadi Ismaeil (the builder) by the architecture method of the...

Susa

The ancient city of Susa was founded as one of the most important and glorious settlements in the world dated back to 4000 BC (according to some theorists, it dated back...

Mirror and Lighting Museum of Yazd

Being also known as Mirror Palace (Qasr-e Ayneh), the Mirror and Lighting Museum of Yazd is one of the most attractive museums in Yazd city. It is located in a garden wit...

Falak-ol-Aflak Museum

Falak-ol-Aflak Castle is the host of two archaeology and ethnography museums which have occupied the fifth place among the most popular museums in Iran. The building of t...

Saadabad Palace Complex

The early building of Saadabad was constructed by Qajar kings and it was just 8000m 2 in area in that time. Given to the good weather, Qajar kings used this place as thei...

Archaeology and Salt Men Museum (Zolfaghari Mansion)

The Archaeology Museum of Zanjan has been located inside a building known as Zolfaghari Mansion OR Zolfaghari House, in the center of Zanjan city along the northern side...

Azerbaijan Museum

Azerbaijan Museum includes a rich and prolific collection of artifacts and works that have been discovered through archeological researches, as well as historical discove...

Carpet Museum

Given to the antiquity of carpet weaving in Iran which dates back to the Acheamenid dynasty the necessity of establishing a museum has been highly apparent. The Carpet Mu...

Handicrafts

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Pateh Douzi of Kerman

Pateh Douzi, also known as “Selseleh Douzi” or “Fateh Douzi” is an important handicraft of Kerman province. Fortunately, this craft is still being practiced and making Pa...

Semnan Felts

One of Semnan’s many handicrafts are felts that have been produced from a long time ago. The method of making felts are almost similar in different areas of Iran, but the...

Giveh of Kermanshah

Giveh Bafi, making of Giveh, or Giveh Chini, is one of most significant handicrafts of Kermanshah and it makes up a major share of products of this province. Giveh is an...

Charogh Duzi of Quchan

Amongst all the traditional shoes and foot wears of Iran, we encounter beautiful local names that are particular to each region. Charogh is one of the traditional handicr...

Knives of Zanjan

Knife making is one of the oldest and most famous handicrafts of Zanajn. Today, we know very little of its history. However, according to historic documents and travel no...

Khar Mohreh (Qom)

“big beads (Mohreh) which are worn around the neck of Donkey (Khar)” Dehkhoda states in the definition of Khar Mohreh. Khar Mohreh is among handmade ceramic products with...

Persian Miniature, Blend of Art and Professionalism

Miniature or Persian miniature is an art that brings the ability of depicting the whole nature in a small frame and basically refers to any delicate artistic phenomenon,...

Lacquer Work, Papier-mâché and Lacquer painting of Isfahan

In Iran lacquer works first became popular under the name of papier-mâché, and was introduced in Safavid dynasty. It flourished during Zand and Qajar dynasties. At the be...

Toreutics, Precious Artistic Metalworking

Toreutics is an Iranian field of art which is considered as handicrafts and artistic metalworking. There is no clear history on its background; however, according to some...

Carpets of Tabriz (The global city of hand woven rugs)

Carpets of Tabriz are known to be the most famous carpets of Iran. In 2015 Tabriz has been registered as the global hand woven rug city by World Crafts Council. To explai...

Carpets of Sanandaj

Kurdistan province is one of the centers that has heavily influenced the handicraft of carpets in Iran. Kurdistan carpets are also known as “Namir” carpets which means th...

South Khorasan Carpets

South Khorasan has witnessed the production of many exquisite carpets in various historical eras and each has been produced according to the traditions of the region they...

Enamel, Brilliant Art of Fire, Earth and Furnaces

Enamel refers to the art of painting and decorating metals such as gold, silver and copper (and sometimes glass and ceramics which is also called as vitreous enamel or po...

Calligraphy of Qazvin

According to Iranian legends, calligraphy was invented by Tahmuras, the third king of Pishdadian dynasty. It has been recited in the Book of King (Shahnameh) by Ferdowsi...

Ghoflsazi (locksmithing) of Chaleshtar

Chaleshtar is one of the oldest cities in the neighborhood of Shahr-e Kord, in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. One kind of Iranian handicrafts, of which the in...

Marquetry of Western Azarbaijan

In Persian word, marquetry is called “Mo’aragh” which literally means “an object with trace of veins”. But in terms of handicrafts, Mo’aragh is a form of art where colorf...

Fame & Myth

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Tehran)

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda was born in 1285 SH in Ghasem Ali Khan alley located in Sangelaj district. He is one of the great founders of modern prose style and famous scholars. H...

Khwārizmī (Khorasan)

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, the famous mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and historian, was born in 185 AH. There is no information in historic texts about his c...

Mahmud Farshchian of Isfahan

Mahmud Farshchian was born in 1308 AH in the city of Isfahan. His father, Haj Gholamreza Farshchian, was the representative of Carpet Company of Isfahan and dealt with ca...

Ferdowsi (Razavi Khorasan)

Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tousi was born in 329 AH (319 SH), but there is no certainty about the exact date. Although Ferdowsi has not said anything about his birthplace, there...

Majid Samii (Gilan)

Majid Samii, a physician and neurosurgeon, was born on Khordad 29, 1316 SH (19 June 1937) in Tehran. His family was originally from Gilan. He finished his high school edu...

Kayhan Kalhor (Kermanshah)

Kayhan Kalhor is born on Azar 3, 1342 SH in Eslamabad-e-Gharb, Kermanshah Province. He is an Iranian Kamancheh and also Setar, Tanbur, and Shah Kaman player, and composer...

Hafez (Fars)

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, son of Bahaʾ-al-Din, is the most famous poet and Sufi in the 8th century and one of the forth greatest Persian poets in the...

Parvin E'tesami (East Azerbaijan)

Among the contemporary poets, there were not so many who can penetrate deeply into the hearts and also, there was as a few who was popular as she was. Her Diwan was publi...

Dance & Local Games

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Chogan (Polo)

Polo, Iranian Royal Game Today introduced by Olympic international committee as one of the universal sports. Polo has been popular among the kings and Iranian grandee in...

Bushehri Dance

Passionate Songs of Ports Residents Folk music has a significant role in the life of Bushehr people, from ceremonies to mourning events and during the time of work or chi...

Sistani Dance

Choob Bazi Dance was known as a folk sport in Sistan at the past time; since the usage of this word did not seem to be nice among people, it has been changed to Choob Baz...

Equestrianism

Although Equestrianism has been done by many different types in different historical eras with specific functions in each time, it is also popular as one of the exciting...

Gol Ya Poch (Handy-Dandy)

Gol ya Poch (Handy-Dandy) game has deep roots in the childhood of different Iranian generations and it is even so popular among the adults. The exciting game of Gol ya Po...

Bil Gardani

Nim Var city is one of the ancient cities related to Sasanid and Ashkanian eras in Iran its historical customs are still alive and one of them with the antiquity of two t...

Wrestling with Choukhe (Kurdish Wrestling)

Kurdish wrestling or wrestling with Choukhe is one of the oldest and most popular traditional and rural sports in Iran played in northern areas of Khorasan. Wrestling wit...

Tileh Bazi (Marble ball)

Tileh bazi is one of the nostalgic games of most Iranian children; a play with some small glass colorful filled marbles. In fact, this game has an ancient root among the...

Khorasani Dance (Choub Bazi)

Khorasan area is one of the exclusive regions in Iran, where different tribes live together despite differences in race and culture and it is due to its climatic variabil...

Mazandarani Dance

One of the most dramatic Iranian dances is Mazandarani dance which is also known as "Selma", " Lak Sari Sema " or " Chakeh Sema ". This dance is hold along with music, si...

Bakhtiari Dance

Dance is a beautiful and valuable ritual among Bakhtiari tribes which is the symbol of unity, sympathy, correlation and cooperation of them. Bakhtiari people are resolute...

Qiqaj

Horse has a vital and mythical role in the life of nomads and villagers from the past so that the horse has a main role in many of their activities such as marriage, spor...

Tanab Keshi

Tanab Keshi is one of the passionate and joyful folk sport that is done among the groups with different age and no gender limitation in the villages and cities of Iran fr...

Kabaddi (Zu)

Four thousand years of Zu Though, it is possible that the name of Kabaddi is not familiar to us, this sport is a combination of wrestles and rugby known as "Zu" in all pr...

Tarke Bazi (Choub Bazi, Cho Bazi)

Tarke Bazi is one of the old, local and martial games among the Iranian people, mostly performed in happy events and parties such as wedding party accompanied with music...

Persian Foods

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