Iran Part 2 by Poorya Mahdavi

Iran

Part 2 : Architecture

By Poorya Mahdavi

Hello and welcome to the second part of my blog, today we will be discussing Iran's breathtaking architectural talent, today I will show you a few places within Iran which are truely some sight seeing places.

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Pictured above is the Azadi tower, it is located in Azadi square within Tehran, it is a symbol of iran, and marks the entrance to the west of the city. Within the tower lies the Azadi museum, a theatre hall, and an art gallery, and sits 23 meters above the ground, and took almost 3 months to be completed and has a total of 286 steps within.

Before the tower was named "Azadi tower" it was known as Shahyad tower, however before the revolution it was a location for protest, and after the revolution had passed, the tower was renamed to Azadi translated to the freedom tower.

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The photo shown above is a photo taken within the Golestan palace it is a very important piece of memorabilia as it is one of the oldest monuments in Tehran, it was a sight which belonged to the royal people of iran, and was located within Tehran's citadel which was once closed to the public, it is now open to the public whom can visit the many sight seeing places within the palace such as the marble throne, the pond house and the famous Mirror Hall.

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Pictured above is the ancient ruins of Persepolis, dating back to 515 BC, it is considered a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1979. The ruins were first commenced by Darius I, and the name Persepolis was given to it as it was the name of the town it resided in. The ruins was a place for surrounding countries to come together bearing gifts for the start of the new year to the residing king of the time.

Make sure to stay tuned for next weeks blog update where we will dive into more detail about the Iranian Culture and food.

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Incase you missed last weeks blog here is a link for it right here!

Part 1: Introduction

http://travelbuddiez.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/iran-by-poorya.html