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2022-04-26 18:04
Kermanshah preparing to get Taq-e Bostan on UNESCO list
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2022-04-25 18:38
Kermanshah preparing to get Taq-e Bostan on UNESCO list
TEHRAN – The tourism chief of Kermanshah province on Sunday said his directorate is preparing to apply to UNESCO for the listing of Taq-e Bostan on the World Heritage list.
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2021-11-13 21:19
Office dedicated to Sassanid archaeological landscape inaugurated in Kermanshah
TEHRAN – A permeant office dedicated to the Sassanid archaeological landscape in western Iran has been inaugurated in Kermanshah.
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2021-04-28 17:28
No harm to Kermanshah historical sites by quake
TEHRAN – A medium-sized 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of the western province of Kermanshah on Monday, but caused no damage to historical sites across the province.
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2020-12-29 18:22
Some $1.2m allocated to Kermanshah’s tourism corridor
TEHRAN –A budget of 50 billion rials (about $1.2 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to implement a project to create the first tourism corridor between the UNESCO-registered historical sites of Taq-e Bostan and Bisotun in western Kermanshah province.
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2020-11-01 19:51
Kermanshah’s tourism corridor to be launched
TEHRAN-The first tourism corridor between the UNESCO-registered historical sites of Taq-e Bostan and Bisotun in western Kermanshah province is planned to be launched, a provincial tourism official has announced.
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2020-10-10 22:20
Kermanshah seeking national registration for art of Tanbur
TEHRAN – Kermanshah’s department for tourism and cultural heritage is being prepared for possible registration of its indigenous art of Tanbur, which has been passed down from generation to generation in the western Iranian province.
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2020-09-12 20:00
Language of art could attract more tourists to Iran: official
TEHRAN – Houshang Bazvand, the governor general of the western Kermanshah province, has said that introducing the cultural heritage and civilization of Iran in the language of art could attract more tourists to the ancient country.
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2020-07-24 20:41
Sassanid archaeological landscape to become major tourist destination
TEHRAN – Parts of the Sassanid archaeological landscape in Kermanshah province are being excavated, restored, and documented to be prepared as a major tourist destination in western Iran.
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2020-07-17 21:56
Museum featuring splendid Sassanid column capitals inaugurated in western Iran
TEHRAN – A museum dedicated to stone column capitals lavishly carved in the Sassanid era (224–651) was opened to the public on Thursday in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2020-07-05 21:30
Visits to Kermanshah tourist sites plummet as coronavirus forces travel curbs
TEHRAN – Some 32,000 travelers visited historical and tourist sites across Kermanshah province during the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20), a sharp decline compared to around 232,000 visits in the same period last year as travel curbs were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-05-06 20:30
Kermanshah reopens historical sites as coronavirus lockdown eased
TEHRAN – The historical sites of Taq-e Bostan, Bisotun and the Temple of Anahita in western Kermanshah province have recently been reopened as the coronavirus lockdown has been eased, deputy provincial tourism chief Alireza Barshahi said on Wednesday, CHTN reported.
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2020-01-04 19:49
Kermanshah exports of handicrafts surge 40 percent, hit $15 million
TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from western Kermanshah province reached some $15 million in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019), showing 40 percent growth year on year.
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2019-12-11 18:36
Austrian ambassador visits tourist sites in western Iran
TEHRAN – Vienna’s ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz on Tuesday visited several travel attractions in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2019-10-30 19:28
Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism
TEHRAN – A newly-discovered rock-carving in western Iran could have a link to Mithraism, a prehistorical religion inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.
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2019-07-26 22:35
Over 300,000 visits to Kermanshah sites recorded
TEHRAN – More than 300,000 travelers visited major historical sites across Kermanshah province during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).
