فارسی

Home
Categories
- Visual Arts
- Everyday Life
- Nostalgia
- Architecture
- Fashion
- Beliefs
- Literature
- Performances
- Food
- Seen from Outside
Archive
About

Siroos Ghahremani
Dastforoosh (Street Vendor)
Ganjifa Playing Cards
Six Old Maps of Tehran (1848-1925)
Strolling around Shariati Avenue
Regained Glory
Tabriz Memorial Highschool
Engravings from the book PERSIA
Building Azadi Tower (Shahyad)
Ayatollah’s Old Post Cards

Monuments

Currently viewing the tag: "Monuments"

Old Tomb of Hafez

Old Tomb of Hafez

In 1901 Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh ordered Ali-Akbar Mozayyen-al-Dawla Naghash-bashi to make a decorative iron transenna for the Tomb of Hafez. The current Mausoleum was designed by André Godard, French archeologist and architect, in the late 1930s.

[Continue Reading...]

‏Azadi Tower‪,‬ 1970

Building Azadi Tower (Shahyad)

The Azadi Tower, formerly known as the Shahyad (a translation of King Memorial Tower), is the symbol of Tehran and marks the entrance to the city.

[Continue Reading...]

Pages

Archive
About ShahreFarang
Contribute
Suggested Topics
Links
Donate
Contact Us

The Latest

Plasco Building, Tehran
The Plasco Building was a 17-story high-rise in Tehran. It was built […]

More

Thanks for dropping by! Feel free to join the discussion by leaving comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed.

© 2011-2020 شهرفرنگ - ShahreFarang