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Iran, also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country in Western Asia, comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2, it is the second-largest nation in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world.
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IRAN 10 A sphinx from Persepolis in the Archaeological Museum of Tehran © Rama Arya
Achaemenid Vessel Handle Iran, 4th c. BCE It is made of Silver, partially gold and the original size is 27 x 15 x 10 cm Musée du Louvre
Isfahan Shah Abbasi Hotel
Isfahan Hammam-e Ali Gholi Agha water-tab Kashan Khan historical bathroom
Badrud Imamzadeh Agha Ali Abbas ©mojtaba akbari Kashan Imamzadeh Helal Ibn Ali ©Afshin Bakhtiar
Kashan Emamzadeh Ebrahim Tomb
Old bazaar in the center of the city of Kashan The most stunning feature of the bazaar is its absolutely stunning ceiling
Kashan bazaar has a famous architecture, especially at its Timche-ye Amin od-Dowleh section, where a grand light well was built in the 19th century.
The bazaar is still in use and is a few miles in total length. In the bazaar's complex beside the main bazaars, there are several mosques, tombs, caravanserais, arcades, baths, and water reservoirs that each were constructed in a different period.
Ceiling of the old bazaar in the center of the city of Kashan
Shrine of Habakkuk in Toyserkan Star-shaped tile with camel
Maragha Gunbad-i Qabud, 12century
Maragha Gunbad-i Qabud, 12century ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel
Statue of Anahita by Raheleh Filsoofi Maragha Statue of Anahita
Maragha Statue of Anahita
Anahita Dish, 400-600 AD, Sasanian dynasty, silver and gilt Cleveland Museum of Art 4th-6th century silver and gilt Sassanian vessel, assumed to be depicting Anahita Cleveland Museum of Art
Achemid Stone Capital from Darius I`s palace at Susa Musée du Louvre Sassanian vessel Simorq Persian Mythical Bird and Anahita on Simorq's back, flies the skies of Persia
This colossal capital from one of the thirty-six monumental columns which supported the roof of the apadana at Susa is evidence of an architectural tradition purely Iranian It is typical of Achaemenid art in combining elements taken from different civilizations to form a coherent stylistic ensemble
Achemid Stone Capital with Kneeling Bull Protomes and double volutes from Apadana (reception hall) of Darius I, Susa Musée du Louvre
Frieze of Lions from Darius I`s palace at Susa Musée du Louvre
Frieze of Archers from Darius I`s palace at Susa Musée du Louvre Darius I "the Great" (549-486 BCE) was a king of Persia who ruled for 35 years
Persian Griffin from Darius I`s palace at Susa Frieze of Archers from Darius I`s palace at Susa Musée du Louvre
Glazed brick come from the palace of Darius I at Susa Musée du Louvre
Persepolis was the capital of the mighty ancient Persian Empire. It was a beautiful city, adorned with precious artworks of which unfortunately very little survives today. When Alexander the Great conquered the city, he gave orders to the Macedonians to destroy it, in the similar fashion as they had already done in with Thebes when Greece was conquered. The palace of the Persian Achaemenid kings was burned, the city was looted and its citizens massacred, in one of the most brutal and savage acts in history Persian Horse from Persepolis
Most of the sculptures were also destroyed and what remains is very little that still testifies of the great artistic abilities of the ancient Persians. The Persian Horse is one such proof of the greatness of the ancient Persian art. This is a hand carved sculpture of an ancient Persian horse, one of the many that once decorated the palaces of the Persian "kings of the kings". It was first carved in clay, and then it was produced in cast stone. Sassanid era horse head found in KermanMusée du Louvre
Tehran Bronze plate, Reza Abbasi Museum © Rama Arya
Sassanian Silver Gilt Plate The Miho Museum Kyoto, Japan The Shapur Plate was produced during the fourth century CE for Shapur II, the Sasanian king Smithsonian Museum
Sasanian plate with king hunting rams - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kashan The Tabatabei traditional house (also known as Khaneh Tabatabaei ha or Khan-e Tabatabei) © Gul Chotrani
Isfahan, Painted muqarnas ceiling, Hasht Behesht (Eight Paradises)
Kermanshah The mourning place and Hossainieh of Moavenol Molk (Tekiyeye Moavenol Molk)
Kermanshah Ahuramazda, ceramic panels from the Tekkieh of Mo'aven ol-Molk, the mourning place and Hossainieh of Moavenol Molk
Isfahan Minaret, Iran photo from National Geographic Magazine 1958
Tehran ornate inscription inside the women's mosque, in the heart of the Grand Bazaar © Rama Arya
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