Art & Culture
Museums
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Darreh Shar
140km from Ilam, there are ruins of a historical city. In the existing ruins in the Darreh-Shahr, which is a remnant of a city from the Sassanid era, the remains of crossroads, alleys, guarding towers, drainage system, and active sewage and urban planning of that period remain.
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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...
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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 Natural History Museum
Birjand Natural History Museum was established based on a decision made in 2002 and was launched in the Shokatabad Garden in Birjand. The establishment of this museum was the result of a collaboration between the Endowment and Charity Affairs Administration of Birjand City and the Board of Trustees of Shokatabad Mansion and Garden.
Handicrafts
The Fame & Myth
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Isa Gholipoor (North Khorasan)
Haj Isa Gholipoor, known as Isa Bakhshy, was born in 1321 SH, in Sallakh, a village in the...
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Nasir Khusraw (Khorasan)
Nasir Khsraw Qubadiyani Balkhi (Marvzi), a wise and truth-seeking scholar, is one of the greatest authors, poets and...
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Kamal-ol-Molk (Isfahan)
Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, known as Kamal-ol-Molk, the famous Iranian painter, was born in Kashan about 1270 AH. He...
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Sattar Khan (East Azerbaijan)
Sattar was born in 1284/1285 AH in the family of Haj Hasan, one of the residences of Qaradagh...
Dance & Local Games
Persian Foods
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Kufteh Tabrizi
Eating habits in East Azerbaijan show the culture, attitude and the people’s income level in the northwest region...
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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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Yellow Kashk
The land of Sistan in southern Iran had always had a reputation for its people’s bravery. Placed in a border land, Baluch people had always been skillful in cooking foods which get quickly ready to be useable during war.
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Katogh Mahi
Katogh Mahi (Fish Stew) is one of the native foods of Hormoz Island. The main ingredient of this stew is fish.
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Qurabiya
Tabriz has a lot of different souvenirs among which we can see various kinds of cookies all with a national reputation...