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2021-01-18 19:12
Iranian province says ready to help restore cultural heritage in war-torn Karabakh
TEHRAN – Tourism chief of Iran’s East Azarbaijan said on Monday the province could soon start restoration of cultural heritage sites and monuments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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2021-01-12 21:32
Magnificent Taq Kasra to be restored by Iranian budget, expertise
TEHRAN – Iran is set to conduct an urgent restoration project on Taq Kasra, a Sassanid-era Persian masterpiece of architecture, which was collapsed partly in modern Iraq earlier this month.
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2021-01-11 21:38
Iranian artists, heritage enthusiasts sign petition demanding salvage of masterpiece in Iraq
TEHRAN – Hundreds of Iranian artists, architects, and cultural heritage enthusiasts have signed a petition demanding an urgent restoration of Taq Kasra, a Sassanid masterpiece of architecture, which was collapsed partly in modern Iraq earlier this month.
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2020-12-27 19:47
Tehran’s City Theater Complex to be demarcated
TEHRAN – Tehran’s City Theater Complex, which is widely considered as the sole professional center of theater in Iran, is scheduled to be demarcated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 2022).
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2020-12-23 19:38
Bushehr reinforcing tourism structures in long-lasting recession
TEHRAN – The cultural heritage and tourism department of Bushehr, like many other Iranian provinces, has commenced reinforcing travel-related structures during a prolonged recession resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-12-02 22:38
Seb Castle reigns magnificent again
TEHRAN – Seb Castle reigns magnificent again over an ancient Iranian village it is named after.
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2020-11-27 22:05
Restoration comes to end on Zanjan mosque
TEHRAN – The second phase of a new restoration project has been completed on Zanjan’s Chehel Sotoun Mosque, provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-11-04 18:36
Neyshabour labyrinthine, historical bazaar to be restored
TEHRAN – The labyrinthine and historical bazaar of the city of Neyshabour, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, is to be restored to regain its former glory.
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2020-10-14 20:01
Wind towers, reminiscent of novel Persian architecture, being restored in Qeshm
TEHRAN – Centuries-old wind towers, which are reminiscent of innovative Persian architecture in oasis towns or scorching places, are being restored by a team of cultural heritage experts in Laft neighborhood of Qeshm Island, southern Hormozgan province.
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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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2020-10-04 21:26
Islamic-era engraved potteries unearthed in Iran
TEHRAN – A number of centuries-old engraved potteries and fragments, many of which unglazed, have recently been unearthed during a restoration project at an ancient site in western Kermanshah province.
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2020-09-27 21:17
Restorers launch project at Tehran’s UNESCO-tagged palace
TEHRAN – A team of restorers and cultural heritage experts have commenced working on some tile work that covers the exterior walls of Golestan Palace located in downtown Tehran, adjacent to the Grand Bazaar of the Iranian capital.
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2020-09-20 23:18
Centuries-old watermill in Tehran being restored for tourism
TEHRAN – A centuries-old watermill, which is of high importance when it comes to the history of agriculture in southwest Tehran, is being restored to attain its former glory, and to be a tourist destination in a semi-arid landscape.
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2020-09-01 20:30
Wooden pulpit of Ilkhanid mosque being restored
TEHRAN - A restoration project has been commenced on a minbar (pulpit) of a mosque in Semnan province, which dates back to the Ilkhanid era (1256–1353).
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2020-08-25 18:49
UNESCO-tagged hydraulic ensemble to be dredged
TEHRAN – A dredging project has started at parts of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, a UNESCO-registered ensemble in southwest Iran, which is known globally as a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’.
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2020-08-24 20:33
Profit or loss? 81 historical sites up for auction to be ceded to private sector
TEHRAN – A total of 81 historical sites and monuments across Iran will soon be up for grabs in an auction to be temporarily ceded to the private sector reportedly aimed at achieving higher productivity and better maintenance.
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2020-08-19 18:53
Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Mosque in Tehran being restored, reinforced
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts, architects and restorers have commenced a project on Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Mosque in a bid to bring the centuries-old monument, which is located in downtown Tehran, back to its former glory.
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2020-08-16 21:30
Safavid-era caravanserai in Semnan being restored
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts and restorers has commenced work on a Safavid-era (1501-1736) caravanserai, which is located in Lasjerd, north-central Semnan province.
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2020-08-15 22:44
Restoration of Nezamieh minarets complete by 75 percent
TEHRAN - Restoration of Nezamieh minarets, which are striking specimens of the indigenous Islamic architecture of the time, is complete by 75 percent after less than two months of work.
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2020-08-04 19:31
Project to restore Sassanid-era fortress started
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts and restorers has started a project on Qaleh Kohneh, aiming to rehabilitate parts of the ruined Sassanid-era (224 CE–651) fortress, which is situated in Meshkinshahr county, northwest Iran.
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2020-07-29 18:33
Restoration work of historical Narin castle restarts
TEHRAN – A fresh season of restoration work has been commenced on the ruins of Narin castle, which is a gigantic ancient mud-brick fortress in the town of Meybod, central Yazd province.
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2020-07-26 21:33
UNESCO provides financial support to restore ancient caravansary in Iran
TEHRAN - The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has provided financial support to restore an ancient caravansary, which is located in Savojbolagh county, Alborz province, northern Iran.
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2020-07-25 21:00
Restoration work resumed on Iran’s second-largest mudbrick citadel
TEHRAN – A new round of restoration works has been commenced on Belqeys citadel, known as the second-largest mudbrick fortress in Iran after the UNESCO-registered Bam citadel.
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2020-07-25 18:16
Stone vessels, utensils found at Persepolis World Heritage being documented
TEHRAN – Fragments of stone vessels and utensils, unearthed during archeological excavations at the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage site of Persepolis in the southern Fars province, are being documented and re-arranged by a team of experts.
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2020-07-24 20:39
Landscaping project to start around Prophet Habakkuk’s tomb tower
TEHRAN – A landscaping project has been scheduled to trim surroundings of the Prophet Habakkuk’s tomb tower, which stands tall near Tuyserkan, a historical city in Hamedan province, west-central Iran.
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2020-07-20 19:23
“Hand of Achaemenid soldier” attached to bas-relief in Persepolis
TEHRAN – The left hand of a huge Achaemenid-era (c. 550 - 330 BC) bas-relief carving, depicting a soldier grabbing a spear, has recently been attached to the rock-carved art after decades in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran.
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2020-07-08 17:43
17th-century masterpiece of Persian architecture undergoes urgent restoration
TEHRAN – Segments of Si-o-Se-Pol, the 17th-century bridge widely known as a masterpiece of Persian architecture, has undergone urgent restoration in Isfahan, central Iran.
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2020-07-06 21:00
Magnificent Hasanlu undergoing restoration project
TEHRAN – A rehabilitation and restoration project has been commenced on millennia-old Hasanlu, a magnificent archaeological site in northwestern Iran, which is highly hopped to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in the near future.
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2020-07-04 23:04
Roofing covers of ‘winged human’, palaces replaced at Pasargadae
TEHRAN – The four-year-old roofing covers of the magnificent “winged human” bas-relief and several other ruined palaces at the UNESCO-registered Pasargadae in southern Iran have recently been replaced.
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2020-06-19 22:18
Ancient customs house being restored in southern Iran
TEHRAN – The ruins of an ancient customs house, which was once one the busiest and most prosperous in its heyday, is being restored during an urgent rehabilitation project on the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf, southern Iran.
