Intangible Cultural Heritages Marvdasht

Marvdasht

Marvdasht - City

n the Marvdasht Plains. The historians have said that Marvdasht was originally the name of one the neighborhoods of the ancient city of Estakhr and gradually the whole area was called Marvdasht. On the other hand, some have argued that Marv a plant which grew in the area a... More

Dashtak, Marvdasht

Dashtak, Marvdasht - shiraz

st of Marvdasht. This waterfall located also near to Dashtak village in a distance 8 kilometer from the north of Dorodzan dam, and the existence of walnut trees increase beauties of the river course that dazzle the eyes of every viewer. Since the village is located at the slope, the fabri... More

Ka'ba-ye Zartosht

Ka'ba-ye Zartosht - Marvdasht

ge in Marvdasht city, is Kaabe Zartosht ,which was made probably in the era of Dariush the king . There are many memorial of Elamite, Achaemenid and Sassanian in Naghshe Rostam area. Ernest Hertsfeld, studied and explored Naghshe Rostam area for the first time in 1923. This area was al... More

Persepolis

Persepolis - Marvdasht

Persepolis (Old Persian: Pārśa,[2] New Persian: Takht-e Jamshid تخت جمشید or Pārseh پارسه ), literally meaning "city of Persians",[3] was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of city of shiraz in Fars Province in Iran. The ear... More

Naqsh-e Rostam

Naqsh-e Rostam - Marvdasht

This site is located about 9km southwest of Persepolis. It’s name means ‘Picture of Rostam’ because it was thought that the carvings below the tombs represent scenes from the life of the mythical hero Rostam. They actually represent some scenes from the lives of ancient kings. Four tombs belo... More

Naqsh-e Rajab

Naqsh-e Rajab - Marvdasht

Naqsh-e Rajab is an archaeological site just at the east of Istakhr and about 12 km of the north of Persepolis in Fars Province. Naqsh-e Rajab is the site of four limestone rock face inscriptions and bas-reliefs that belongs to Sassanid period. One of the carvings is the investiture inscription o... More

Tall-i_Bakun

Tall-i_Bakun - Marvdasht

Tall-e Bakun is a twin site located in the fertile Marv Dasht plain of Fars, near Persepolis, the Achaemenid ceremonial capital. The site, continuously inhabited from c. 4200 to c. 3000 BC, is the oldest yet discovered in that area of Iran. Bakun has played a prominent role in the understandin... More

Estakhr

Estakhr - Marvdasht

Estakhr was an ancient city located in southern Iran, in Fars province, five kilometers north of Persepolis. It was a prosperous city during the time of Achaemenid Persia. Estakhr first appears in history as an Achaemenid city in present-day Fârs Province, Iran. It gained its importance not only... More

Doroodzan Dam

Doroodzan Dam - Marvdasht

Doroodzan Dam is an earthen dam in Fars Province,about 85 kilometres north of shiraz. Completed in 1974 and built primarily for irrigation water storage, for flood control, and municipal water storage, the facility is also a hydroelectric dam with an installed electricity generating capability of... More

Tange Bostanak - The Lost Paradaise

Tange Bostanak - The Lost Paradaise - Marvdasht

Tang Bastanak or Paradise Lost located at the corner of northwest of 120 km to shiraz and in an ideal climate zone called Kamfirooz; it is in an area of twenty thousand acres and its height is 1750 m from the sea level. Tang Bostanak is predominantly mountainous area with forest coverage that ha... More

kj

kj - Marvdasht

The Tachara, Taçara, Tachara of Darius, Tachar Château, Mirror Hall or exclusive palace of Darius I is one of the interior Persepolis Palaces. The meaning in olden Persian is wintry home. The palace is made of gray stone. It was built by Darius I but only a small portion of the palace was fin... More

Kabir Jaame' Mosque

Kabir Jaame' Mosque - Yazd

rical heritages and treasures of the Islamic-national architecture. The primary foundation of this mosque belongs to Ala'oddoleh Garshasb Al-e Bouyeh, 12th century. But the present mosque belongs to Al-e Mozaffar and Teymuri's era in 14 & 15th centuries. Stability of the construction, f... More

Iran

Iran - Country

l and Intangible Heritage of Humanity and described as the Persian New Year by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2009. Iran is home to one of the richest artistic traditions in world history and encompasses many disciplines, including ... More

Lamerd

Lamerd - City

Ala-e Marvdasht, and Eshkanan. Kandar is also part of Lamerd County. Lamerd was part of the region of Larestan. The people of Lamerd are closely related to the people of Larestan. Reference: www.wikipedia.org... More