Art & Culture

Museums

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Asef Vaziri Mansion (Kurdish House)

Asef edifice named " Kurdish house " as a symbol of Kurds tribe's cultural identity is the most valuable cultural relics of Sanandaj. The original building of edifice con...

Pirnia House; Ethnography Museum of Naein

Pirnia dynasty was among the famous families in Qajar period that raised some great men. The great ancestor of this family is Mir Abd ol-Vahab. His son, Moshir ud-Dole wa...

Museum and Fire Temple of Kerman Zoroastrians

The Fire Temple of Zoroastrians was established in 1303 SH by the aid of some of Persian magus and the Association of Kerman Zoroastrians under the reign of Reza Shah Pah...

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...

Saheb-ol-Amr Mosque

The Saheb ol Amr Mosque or King Tahmasp Mosque is a mosque located on the east side of Saheb Abad square in Tabriz. The mosque was originally built in 1636 by the Safavid...

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...

Stone Museum (Qazvin)

Stone Museum with its historical name, Bath of Bolour, is one of the historical baths of Qazvin. There are many baths built along history in this city and when Shah Tahma...

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...

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...

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...

Pars Museum

If you have visited Golestan Palace, you may know that the remaining of Karim Khan Zand has been buried under Karim Khani Nook and was later moved to Shiraz during Pahlav...

Qom Ethnography Museum

The Ethnography Museum of Qom or the historical house of Zand is located in the old district and texture of the city that was famous as the district of Chahar Mardan. Thi...

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...

Morvarid Palace (Pearl Palace of Karaj)

Pearl Palace or Morvarid Palace, which is also known as Shams Palace, is located in Mehrshahr of Karaj, Alborz province. It was constructed from 1966 to 1968 under the ad...

National Museum of the Holy Quran

Located in the northwest of the intersection of Imam Khoemini street and Valiasr street, National Museum of Holy Quran is the only specific museum of Iran dedicated to th...

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...

Handicrafts

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Varni Bafi of Ardabil

“Varni Bafi” or making Varni, is a traditional and popular weave of Azerbaijan region. Today it is produced in an area called Dasht-e Moghan that is located in the territ...

Kashi Haft Rang (Seven-Colored Tiles) of Shiraz

Tiles industry and tile-work crafts, that can be more found in ornaments of many architectures and specially shrines of Iran, has a very ancient history just like pottery...

Shiriki Pich Kilims of Sirjan

One of the oldest handicrafts of Iran are Kilims and historical documents prove that they go back to more than five thousand years ago. Kilims are originally flat weaves...

Khorjins of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Even though Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari is one of the smallest provinces of Iran, it is the home of two of most important tribes of Bakhtirai and Qashqayi and has affected...

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...

Ghalamkari Print of Isfahan (Calico Work)

Ghalamkari, a kind of traditional print that is applied to textile, is one of many handicrafts of Isfahan. The handicrafts of Isfahan are so popular and prosperous that t...

Inlay, Precious Arts in Orient

Inlay, also known as Khatam or Khatam Art , is one of the precious arts in the Orient and is considered as a laborious detailed craft whose producing and making requires...

Termeh, Luxurious Royal Fabric

Termeh is a woven fine and precious cloth with traditional Iranian patterns or textures which is woven by hand with two sets of warp and weft yarn made of pile, wool, nat...

Varis Bafi of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Technological advances and changes of the lifestyle of today have resulted in some handicrafts to lose their usage and become obsolete. But they keep their value as cultu...

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...

Kelim of Qazvin

Hand woven products are one of crafts that can be traced back to many years ago. They were first created as a means of survive but they are also symbols of artistic taste...

Glass Making of Tehran

The handmade glassmaking industry has a long history in Iran in so far as the researchers back the antiquity of this art-industry to 2000 years B.C. the materials discove...

Pan Bafi of Alamut

Pan Bafi, Kart Bafi or Navar Bafi is the prominent handicraft of Alamut in Qazvin province. This craft falls under the category of traditional textiles. Kart Bafi, or wea...

Hamedan Carpet

Hamedan is one of the centers of carpet trading in Iran, where weaving carpets have also been practiced from a long time ago. In the past it was from this trading route t...

Embroidery of Sistan and Baluchestan

Baluchestan embroideries are the most exquisite samples of handicrafts in Iran. These needleworks are locally called “Suchan Duzi”. There are many documents that prove th...

Fame & Myth

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...

Omar Khayyam (Razavi Khorasan)

Hojjat-ol-Hagh, Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyami Nisaburi, known as Khayyam, is one of the Persian prominent scientists and cultural characters. He was a philosopher, mathematic...

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...

Qeysar Aminpour (Khuzestan)

Qeysar Aminpour is one of the most influential poets of the post-Iranian Revolution period. He has written poems about Iran-Iraq War, as well as poems in classic and mode...

Khāqānī (East Azerbaijan)

Hassān'l-Aʿjam Afzāl al-dīn Badil ibn Ali Khāqānī Haqaiʿqi Shirvani was born in 520 AH in Tabriz. His father was a carpenter and Khaqani's mother was originally a slave-g...

Mir Damad

Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, known also as Mir Damad, was one of the philosophers, scholars, jurists, and prominent leaders of Imamiyah during Abbas the...

Kamal-ol-Molk (Isfahan)

Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, known as Kamal-ol-Molk, the famous Iranian painter, was born in Kashan about 1270 AH. He spent his childhood in his home town and after finishing...

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...

Mohammad Gharib (Tehran)

Mohammad Gharib was born in 1288 SH in Tehran, He passed his early education in Sirus High School and later attended Dar ul-Funun. He was amongst the first group of Irani...

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...

Sattar Khan (East Azerbaijan)

Sattar was born in 1284/1285 AH in the family of Haj Hasan, one of the residences of Qaradagh (Arasbaran). He was the third son of Haj Hasan’s four sons from his second w...

Shahriar

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, known by his pen name Shahriar, was born in 1283 AH in Tabriz. His father was an honorable and reputed professional lawyer of Tabr...

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...

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...

Sohrab Sepehri (Kashan)

Sohrab Sepehri is considered as one of the unique contemporary poets, whose poems can be studied as modern poetry. He was from Kashan and ascendant of Lesan-ol-Molk, scho...

Dance & Local Games

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Persian Foods

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