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2022-03-13 21:45
World Heritage sites getting ready to host new year vacationers
TEHRAN – As the new year is just on the corner, a number of Iranian World Heritage sites are being prepared to welcome visitors during the Noruz holidays.
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2021-12-26 21:35
Restoration of Bam citadel in progress
TEHRAN – Restoration of Bam citadel is still ongoing, said a local official on Sunday on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of a massive quake that brought the adobe fort down to earth.
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2021-08-24 18:10
Despite hosting UNESCO sites, Kerman tourism potential still unappreciated
TEHRAN – Despite being home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites, Kerman province is not still a giant tourist destination, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-08-09 21:44
House of handicrafts to open in ancient Bam
TEHRAN – A house of handicrafts is set to be inaugurated in the ancient city of Bam, which is famed for its magnificent UNESCO-registered adobe citadel.
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2021-08-06 17:25
Archaeological museum under construction in UNESCO-registered citadel
TEHRAN – An archaeological museum is currently under construction in Arg-e Bam, a quake-stricken UNESCO-registered citadel in Iran’s southeastern Kerman province.
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2021-04-14 10:37
Archaeological museum to open near mighty Bam citadel
TEHRAN – An archaeological museum is to be established near the adobe Bam citadel, which is a mighty UNESCO-registered site in southeast Iran.
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2021-01-02 21:30
Landscape project to alter Bam Citadel, surroundings
TEHRAN – A landscape project will soon commence on the UNESCO-registered Bam Citadel and its surroundings in southeast Iran.
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2020-11-08 21:43
Sassanid fortress equipped with new lighting system
TEHRAN - Rayen Castle in the southeastern province of Kerman, dating back to the times of the Sasanian dynasty (226-651) and even deeper, has been equipped with a new lighting system.
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2020-10-09 18:01
Levelled by earthquake: restoration of giant UNESCO-tagged Bam Citadel 80% complete
TEHRAN – The overall restoration of the massive Bam Citadel, a massive mud-brick stronghold in southeast Iran, which was totally flattened by an earthquake in 2003, is now eighty percent complete.
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2020-09-29 20:30
Shahr-e Belqeys prosperous in late Sassanid, early Islamic eras: expert
TEHRAN – Shahr-e Belqeys (“City of Belqeys”), situated in northeastern Iran, was prosperous during a span of time from the late Sassanid era to early Islamic times, a cultural heritage expert has said.
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2020-08-26 19:30
Belqeys citadel being restored to original glory
TEHRAN- The remnants of Belqeys citadel, the second-largest mudbrick fortress in Iran after the UNESCO-registered Bam citadel, are being restored to original texture, a local tourism official has said.
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2020-08-12 00:07
By Afshin Majlesi
20 wonderful, must-see cultural sites in Iran
If you ask foreign visitors to Iran about the most characteristic future they discovered during excursions in the ancient land, the most possible answers may be somewhat like these: “It is the friendliest country on Earth with loads of warm-hearted welcome!”; “It is the jewel in Islam’s crown in terms of architecture”; “Being home to fascinating cultural heritage sites”; or “a land where echoes of ancient civilizations still resonate down through the ages!”
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2019-11-24 20:42
Kerman’s H1 foreign arrivals up 16% y/y
TEHRAN - International tourist arrivals in Iran’s southeastern Kerman province rose 16 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21) from a year earlier.
