Heard it was one of the best museums to visit however I missed it on both occasion that I was in Tehran - closed on Wednesday, their weekends and public holiday
http://www.cbi.ir/Page/1475.aspx
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Heard it was one of the best museums to visit however I missed it on both occasion that I was in Tehran - closed on Wednesday, their weekends and public holiday
http://www.cbi.ir/Page/1475.aspx
Hi, oeyvind,
I was on a conducted tour and the itinerary was quite tight. So, not much time to explore Tehran. Thanks for the info.
Hi, EiRik, esoeiji & jedi R,
I was quite fortunate to go there at that time as it snowed in later half of the tour, so got to see a bit of winter scene. Thanks all for your comments.
I was on a conducted tour and the itinerary was quite tight. So, not much time to explore Tehran. Thanks for the info.
Hi, EiRik, esoeiji & jedi R,
I was quite fortunate to go there at that time as it snowed in later half of the tour, so got to see a bit of winter scene. Thanks all for your comments.
Shiraz: Pasargade
Pasargadae, the capital of Cyrus the Great (559530 BC) and also his last resting place, was a city in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran), located in the city of Shiraz (in Pasargad County) and is today an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The citadel of Pasargadae. At its top many column bases indicate the structure was not unlike the Athenian Acropolis in positioning and structure.
Pasargadae, the capital of Cyrus the Great (559530 BC) and also his last resting place, was a city in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran), located in the city of Shiraz (in Pasargad County) and is today an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The citadel of Pasargadae. At its top many column bases indicate the structure was not unlike the Athenian Acropolis in positioning and structure.
Iran-Yazd
Yazd is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Isfahan.
Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd is an architecturally unique city. It is also known in Iran for the high quality of its handicrafts, especially silk weaving, and its confectionary.
Yazd is the driest major city in Iran, with an average annual rainfall of only 60 millimetres (2.4 in), and also the hottest north of the Persian Gulf coast, with summer temperatures very frequently above 40 °C (104 °F) in blazing sunshine with no humidity. Even at night the temperatures in summer are rather uncomfortable. In the winter, the days remain mild and sunny, but in the morning the thin air and low cloudiness cause very cold temperatures that can sometimes fall well below 0 °C (32 °F).
Yazd has some of the finest examples of traditional desert Persian residential architecture.
Yazd is of foremost importance as a centre of Persian architecture. Because of its climate, it has one of the largest networks of qanats in the world, and Yazdi qanat makers are considered the most skilled in Iran. To deal with the extremely hot summers, many old buildings in Yazd have magnificent windcatchers, and large underground areas. The city is also home to prime examples of yakhchals, the latter of which were used to store ice retrieved from glaciers in the nearby mountains.
Garden Hotel. Food is good here.
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Yazd is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Isfahan.
Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd is an architecturally unique city. It is also known in Iran for the high quality of its handicrafts, especially silk weaving, and its confectionary.
Yazd is the driest major city in Iran, with an average annual rainfall of only 60 millimetres (2.4 in), and also the hottest north of the Persian Gulf coast, with summer temperatures very frequently above 40 °C (104 °F) in blazing sunshine with no humidity. Even at night the temperatures in summer are rather uncomfortable. In the winter, the days remain mild and sunny, but in the morning the thin air and low cloudiness cause very cold temperatures that can sometimes fall well below 0 °C (32 °F).
Yazd has some of the finest examples of traditional desert Persian residential architecture.
Yazd is of foremost importance as a centre of Persian architecture. Because of its climate, it has one of the largest networks of qanats in the world, and Yazdi qanat makers are considered the most skilled in Iran. To deal with the extremely hot summers, many old buildings in Yazd have magnificent windcatchers, and large underground areas. The city is also home to prime examples of yakhchals, the latter of which were used to store ice retrieved from glaciers in the nearby mountains.
Garden Hotel. Food is good here.
Old street
Iran-Yazd
Tower of Silence
Zoroastrian tradition considers a dead bodyin addition to cut hair and nail-paringsto be unclean, i.e. potential pollutants.
To preclude the pollution of earth or fire, the bodies of the dead are placed atop a towera tower of silenceand so exposed to the sun and to scavenging birds. Thus, "putrefaction with all its concomitant evils... is most effectually prevented.
The towers, which are fairly uniform in their construction, have an almost flat roof, with the perimeter being slightly higher than the center. The roof is divided into three concentric rings: The bodies of men are arranged around the outer ring, women in the second circle, and children in the innermost ring. Once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as long as a year, they are collected in an ossuary pit at the center of the tower, whereassisted by limethey gradually disintegrate, and the remaining materialwith run-off rainwaterruns through multiple coal and sand filters before being eventually washed out to sea.
Tower of Silence
Zoroastrian tradition considers a dead bodyin addition to cut hair and nail-paringsto be unclean, i.e. potential pollutants.
To preclude the pollution of earth or fire, the bodies of the dead are placed atop a towera tower of silenceand so exposed to the sun and to scavenging birds. Thus, "putrefaction with all its concomitant evils... is most effectually prevented.
The towers, which are fairly uniform in their construction, have an almost flat roof, with the perimeter being slightly higher than the center. The roof is divided into three concentric rings: The bodies of men are arranged around the outer ring, women in the second circle, and children in the innermost ring. Once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as long as a year, they are collected in an ossuary pit at the center of the tower, whereassisted by limethey gradually disintegrate, and the remaining materialwith run-off rainwaterruns through multiple coal and sand filters before being eventually washed out to sea.
Basstronaut
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Super! Would love to go there.
trippingthelight
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Very nice photos!
You can consider Mahan airline,option from KL to Tehran.Direct flight.
Or as mention by TS.Emirates from singapore transit at dubai then to Tehran,few middle eastern airline.
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