Art & Culture
Museums
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Niavaran Palace
Niavaran Historical Garden Endowed with a fantastic natural and historical beauty, the Cultural-Historic Complex of Niavaran with an area...
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Gilan Rural Heritage Museum
Gilan Rural Heritage Museum is located in the heart of Saravan Forests, near Rasht City and before Fuman...
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Museum of South Khorasan National Celebrities
Located in the historical texture of Birjand City, this museum had been established in 1382 S.H. inside Pordeli...
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Qazvin Museum or City Museum (Qazvin)
Qazvin Museum which is also known as City Museum was established in 2005 in the area of Safavid Dowlatkhaneh (state office) in a short distance to Chehel Sotun Palace in Qazvin. The museum is in fact an archaeology museum encompassing over 7000 old and unique relics
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Birjand Endowment Museum
Birjand Endowment Museum is a cultural and historical museum located in Birjand, South Khorasan province
Handicrafts
The Fame & Myth
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Behjat Sadr (Markazi)
Behjat Sadr, a modernist painter of Iran, was born in Khordad 1303 SH in Arak. Her family moved...
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Mohammad Ahsaii (Qazvin)
Mohammad Ahsaii was born in 1318 SH. He is one of the pioneers of Calligram that is a...
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Khwārizmī (Khorasan)
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, the famous mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and historian, was born in 185 AH. There is...
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Shahriar
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, known by his pen name Shahriar, was born in 1283 AH in Tabriz....
Dance & Local Games
Persian Foods
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Ab-Goosht (Lamb Shank Soup)
Ab-Goosht, literally translated meat broth (Ab: water, broth, Goosht: Meat), is a hearty, heavy Persian traditional soup. The...
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Street food in Tehran
Tehran is home to various kinds of food and drinks; it’s the place to try traditional Persian food...
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Kale Pache (Head and Legs of Sheep)
Kale Pache is one of the Iranian traditional food not only served in some special restaurants called "Kale...
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Chegdermeh
Chekdirme, also pronounced as Chegidermeh or Chekidermeh, is one of the most delicious and popular dishes among the Turkmen people
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Khoresht Khalal (Persian Silvered Almond Stew)
Persian Silvered Almond Stew is a Kermanshahi stew which is made of meat, black barberries and dried lemon for which local people in the province use Kermanshahi oil, as well.