Historical attractions Tehran Sa'dabad Wate...The Sadabad Palace is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area of Tehran. After the Iranian Revolution, the complex became a museum. However, the current presidential palace is located adjacent to the Sa'd Abad compound. Sad Abad has 18 palaces, which 7 pala...Information | Map Abol Hasan Sab...This is the house of the great Iranian Musician, Composer and Violinist, Abol-Hassan Saba (1903-1957). He was born in Tehran to Hossein Saba, another music celebrity of Iran.Saba is considered one of Iran's most influential figures in traditional and instrumental Persian music He di...Information | Map Afjeh villageAfjeh is a village in Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District, Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 685, in 186 families. Afjeh is located in Lavasanat region 27 km away from Tehran. The village is connected to Lar general area fr...Information | Map Ahar Village...Information | Map Ahmad Shahi Pa...The mansion was built in late Ghajar era in Niavaran garden aimed to be the country chamber of Ahmad Shah. It has an area over 800 square meters that was built in two floors with a gable roof. The beautiful ornaments of the mansion and brick facade of the exterior groin are among the ...Information | Map Aks khaneh (Ho...Axkhaneh Shahr (Iranian Photo Museum) affiliated with the Artistic and Cultural organization of Tehran Municipality the fist specialized museum of photography in Iran and the Middle east. It was established in May, 1995 and contains photographic instruments which were made more than o...Information | Map Aladdin shrine...The tomb tower of 'Ala ad-din, completed in 1289 under the Il Khanids, is located to the north of Varamin, a small town forty-two kilometers south of Tehran. It continues a well-established Iranian tradition of funerary architecture in the form of a tomb tower, its earliest precedent ...Information | Map Aliakbar Sanat...Ali Akbar Sanati was born in Kerman in 1916. He lost his father at an early age and was looked after by a benevolent man. Very soon he discovered that Sanati has a special talent in artistic works and sent the young Ali Akbar to Tehran to receive training at Kamal-ol Molk Art School. ...Information | Map Amir Bahador P......Information | Map Ancient Yakhch...The old Yakhchal of Torshanbe is located in Islamshahr, Chahar Dange district in Torshanbeh village. Torshanbe was the place of various historical monuments. Although many of them such as castles and Baroot towers are destructed, the old glacier that could be known as the biggest old ...Information | Map Arastoo Hill The ancient hill, Arastoo (Aristotle), is a huge archaeological site located near the main road Malard in Safadasht. According to Dr. Pourfaraj, this village is one of the earliest prehistoric villages formed in Tehran plain; based on the technique and the art of Pottery and architectu...InformationArg of Tehran ...After conquering of Tehran, Afghans built a bridge on the north side of this area. In front of it they made a gate called Arg. Tehran Arg and other building inside of it, are related to safavi and Zand`s time. In Agha Mohamad khan time, it was nearly in the north of Tehran, but years ...Information | Map Arms Court Mus...Court’s Arms Museum is located in the northern side of Sadabad complex. This permanent museum contains more than 70 items of firearms for hunting and war, sidearm and whatever they possess. The considerable variety of hunting guns made in famous European and American arms companies such...Information | Map Azadi TowerAzadi Square (Persian: میدان آزادی - Meydān e Āzādi) is a city square in Tehran, Iran. It has an area of about 50,000 m2, plus adjacent areas, and is the largest square in Tehran and the second largest in Iran, being smaller than Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan. The 50 m Azadi Tower i...Information | Map Baba Salman ar...Baba Salman ( also known as ‘Eşmatābād) is a village in Maviz Rural District, in the Central District of Shahriar County, Tehran. Baba Salman area is related to the iron age and is located in Baba Salman village. The area due to its location on Karaj river bank, illegal excavations, agr...Information | Map Bazarak bridgeBazarak bridge belongs to Ghajarieh dynasty and is located in Robat Karim, Bazarak District, Shahid Majid Nasseri Street. Bazarak bridge is located on a seasonal river called Siab which had been flowing in past. It was very worthy of attention in past due to the importance of connect...Information | Map Bujan Village...Information | Map Chenar Shargh ......Information | Map Congregationof...Jāmeh Mosque Of Varāmīn, Congregation Mosque Of Varamin, is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Varamin city, within the Tehran Province . This mosque is one of the oldest buildings of Varamin city. Its construction began during the reign of’ Sultan Mohammad Khodabaneh and was...Information | Map Darvish Tea Sh......Information | Map Dedicated Cars...Niavaran Palace complex is a historical complex located in a great garden in the northern part of Tehran; it consists of some buildings and a museum. The complex belongs to both Qajar and Pahlavi eras. The cars which belong to Pahlavi era are the considerable significance of this muse...Information | Map Deh Hasan hillRobat Karim Township is located at 35 km of the southwest of Tehran. The township due to the importance of archeology and its long history which dating back to seven thousand years ago, has different historical monuments such as 33 historical hills, an archaeological and historical site...Information | Map Documents muse...This museum is created for the purpose of acquaintance with the events of contemporary history of Iran in Sadabad Complex. The presence of court Department in the surrounded area of Sadabad Complex was considered as a significant point for the existence of this museum. Some archived d...Information | Map Dr. Hesabi Mus...Dr. Mahmoud Hesabi, son of Abbas Hesabi “Mo’ez al-Saltaneh”, was born in Tehran, 1282 (solar year)(1923). His preliminary studies was at French school of Beyrut “Ferrer”, and passed his intermediate studies in American College of Beyrut, and took his BA degree from there. Dr. Hesab...Information | Map Ethonological ...the lifestyle and customs of Iranians through the history are displayed from cultural perspective. In a vast area and of two floors, various objects are exhibited like tools for irrigation, agriculture, husbandry, fishing and hunting as well as agricultural documents, clothes, lighting ...Information | Map Eyno-Dole Mans......Information | Map Fine Art Museu... In Pahlavi era eighteen small and large palaces were built in Saadabad which they exhibit Iranian art and architecture. Sine 1979 revolution, this complex was turned into museum. This Museum is inside the of the more impressive buildings and houses of some charming Persian Oil Paint...Information | Map fire temple Of...Takht –e- Rostam or Rostam’s Throne is name of a volcanic rock cliff (the highest mountain in the region) and ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian fire temple on it, around 80 km south west of Tehran and close to city of Shahryar. The temple belongs to Sassanid era (224-651 AD) and consist...Information | Map Glassware and ...Building of Museum was the residence and office of "Ahmad Qavam" until 1951. Afterwards, the Egyptian Embassy in Tehran took over the building and finally handed it over to the Iranian Commercial Bank. From 1976,a group of Iranian and Austrian architects refurbished the building and...Information | Map Golestan Palac... The Golestan Palace literally the Roseland Palace, is the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran. The palace was built during the reign of Tahmasb I (r. 1524-1576) of the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736), and was later renovated by Karim Khan Zand (r. 1750-1779). Agh...Information | Map golkhandan cas...Gol Khandan-e Jadid is a village in Gol Khandan Rural District, in the Bumehen District of Pardis County, Tehran Province, Iran. golkhandan castle is located at the top of a hill and at the junction of two rivers. The inside building of the castle has been ruined, the only thing remai...Information | Map Grand Bazaar o...The Grand Bazaar is a historical market located in southern Tehran. The bazaar is claimed to be the largest mall on the planet. Though, nobody knows when exactly this bazaar appeared on the face of the earth, however, such market construction has thousands years of history in Iran and R...Information | Map Imam Ali Arts ...Imam Ali (AS) Museum which was inaugurated by Tehran Municipality’s Cultural and Arts Organization two years ago is the first religious museum in the capital. According to the Persian daily Hamshahri, the museum has a display area of 2,500 sq.m. It has three halls--on the ground floor,...Information | Map Iraj CastleIraj Castle is an ancient fortress near the city of Varamin in Tehran, the Iranian leader. Iraj Castle is one of the important fortresses of adobe with a height of 50 feet, an area of 200 hectares and was built in 1200 in the 100 meters during the Sassanian era. Internal dimensions o...Information | Map Iran Carpet Mu...rpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Iranian culture and art, dating back to the Bronze Age, but as the materials used in carpets including wool and cotton, decay into dust during the course of time, archaeologists couldn't make any special discove...Information | Map Iran Cinema Mu...The idea of the Film Museum Of Iran was seriously put forward in August 1994 . The task of gathering documents , picture , equipment and other remaining manifestations and memorabilia of Iranian cinema started when an old building in down town Tehran was put at the disposal of the museu...Information | Map Iran National ...National (or Archaeological) Museum of Iran-also called Muze-ye -Iran- e- Bastan (Museum of Ancient Iran) The museum consists of two buildings. Bldg. No 1 has the entire pre-Islamic remaining works, Bldg. No.2 has post-Islamic works. This part was inaugurated at 1996 and consists of ...Information | Map Iran Wildlife ...Iran, because of large extension, specially geographical situation and climate, has got various selection of plants and animals. Mammals from all over the world such as, European Buck, African Nomadic Hedgehog and Frugivorous Bat, Asian Indian Black Bear and Native Iranian Yellow dee...Information | Map Jahan Nama mus...Niavaran Cultural - Historical Complex is situated in the north eastern part of Tehran (Shemiranat). Its formation dates back to the Qajar Dynasty. This Complex which has been changed to a museum after the Islamic Revolution was administered jointly with Sa’adabad Complex till 1378 AH (...Information | Map jhHistorical and cultural complex of Sadabad is located in a green valley of Darband in the north of Tehran with an area about 110 hectares. During Pahlavi period eighteen huge and small palaces were built. Each of them has a breathtaking beauty and glory that represents Iranian archite...Information | Map Joghin HillJoghin castle is located in 10 km of the southwest of Shahryar in Vahidieh City. It belongs to Sassanid age and is like a bezel lying on a bed of flowers and plants. This is a great castle which has dealt with all of the destructive forces and remains with its old glory. Joghin Hill i...Information | Map Kavoosiyeh Hil...Kavoosieh is the name of one of the districts of Ghods city (in Tehran). Kavoosieh has an ancient hill called Tape Kavoosieh dating back to the third millennium BC. It is located in Tehran, Ghods Township, Ghods city, at the end of Kavoosie Blvd and inside the Mahan Garden. In illegal...InformationKazemi MansionKazemi Mansion or Saray-e-Kazemi or Museum of Old Tehran, is one of the old mansions of Tehran located in old Chaleh Meidan district. The characteristics of the mansion are influenced by the common designs of Iranian houses in regard with the dignity of homeowners and their social sta...Information | Map Khalvat-e Kari...Dating back to 1759, this building was a part of the interior residence of Karim Khan of Zand. Its basic structure is similar to the Marble Throne. Like the latter, it is a terrace. There is a small marble throne inside the terrace. The structure is much smaller than the Marble Throne...Information | Map Khanat Caravan......Information | Map Marble Throne ...The Marble Throne (Takht-e marmar) is a 250 year old royal throne in Tehran, Iran. The throne was built from 1747 to 1751 for Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar. It was designed by Mirza Baba Shirazi Naqqash-Bashi and royal stonecutter Ostad Mohammad Ibrahim Isfahani. It consists of 65 marble ston...Information | Map Masoudiyeh Pal......Information | Map Mazyar Castle...Information | Map Military Museu...The Sadabad Palace is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area of Tehran. The complex was firstinhabited by Qajar monarchs and royal family in the 19th century. After the Iranian Revolution, the complex became a museum. However, the current presidential pala...Information | Map Miniature gard...The Minatare Garden Park of Tehran which is located at the north of Janbazan(Golbarg) Street and the east of Kerman street, has been registered in the UNESCO list. The Miniature garden Park, located in District 8 of Tehran, is a beautiful collection of historical and touristic attract...Information | Map Mir Emad Handw...The main subject of this museum is the most prominent post-Islam Iranian art namely calligraphy. On paper and parchment, there are plenty of various calligraphic styles of writing belonging to 10th to 19th centuries. Mir Emad, himself, the most well known 18th century?s calligrapher, ...Information | Map Moghadam's Hou......Information | Map Museum of elec...Address: Tehran, Shohada Sq., Piroozi Ave., Shahid Afrooz Ave. The first electric generator in 1263, by order of Shah Qajar and the Iranian government on the (court), was used for lighting. In 1284 the first private power plant by Haj Hossein Mahdavi opened in Tehran. The museum show...Information | Map Naghareh Khane...Naghareh Khane Tower or Bayazieed Tower is located in the north of Rey Township, in the west of Amin Abad, on the top of Tabrak Mountain. According to some sources, this brick tower with the height of 3 m had been built 1000 years ago by a person named "Bozorg Omid" for a personal use...Information | Map Nation Art Mus...Nation’s Art Museum which is a part of the cultural complex of Mellat Palace Museum used to be the art museum of Farah Pahlavi. The collection of its works has been purchased from all over the world or is given as a present to Pahlavi. These works include: both per-Islamic and Islamic ...Information | Map National Jewel...Building of Museum was the residence and office of "Ahmad Qavam" until 1951. Afterwards, the Egyptian Embassy in Tehran took over the building and finally handed it over to the Iranian Commercial Bank. From 1976,a group of Iranian and Austrian architects refurbished the building and...Information | Map National Museu...The National Museum of Iran is located in Tehran, Iran. It’s one of the more attractive modern buildings in Tehran, blending Sassanian principles such as the grand iwan -style entrance with art deco–style brickwork. The museum consists of two buildings. Bldg. No 1 has the entire pre-I...Information | Map Negarestan Gar......Information | Map Niavaran Palac... Niavaran Cultural - Historical Complex is situated in the north eastern part of Tehran (Shemiranat). Its formation dates back to the Qajar Dynasty. This Complex which has been changed to a museum after the Islamic Revolution was administered jointly with Sa’adabad Complex till 13...Information | Map Old Tree Of v...There is an old tree in Vajh Abad , Nasim Shahr, with a trunk about 10 and a half that its magnitude represents the history of this neighborhood and city. This plane tree has an age equivalent to 700 years. In addition to its historical aspect, the tree is regarded importantly as biolog...Information | Map Ostad Farshchi...Mahmoud Farshchian is a master of Persian painting and miniatures. He was born in the city of Isfahan in Iran, a place famed for its art and artists, and it was here where he started to learn art, painting and sculpting. Farshchian is the founder of his own school in Iranian Painting...Information | Map Ostad Hoseyn B... This museum is devoted to the miniatures painted by Hossein Behzad (1895-1968) who made a revolution in Iranian painting. Studying European art and being inspired by Kamal-ed-din Behzad and Reza Abbasy, he introduced a new style of miniature on paper, hard paper or fiberboard. This s...Information | Map Palace of Mell...(Palace of the Nation) What is now called the White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and served as the Pahlavi summer residence. The modern building is filled with a hodge-podge of extravagant furnishings, paintings, a tiger pelt and immense made-to-measure carpets. It was the h...Information | Map Palace of Sabz... The Saad abad Palace and museum complex in Tehran is a palace constructed by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area in north of Tehran and currently official residence of the President of Iran. The Saad abad Palace and museum complex was first inhabited by Qajar monarchs an...Information | Map People and Art...The building of a museum belonged to Shams Pahlavi. The architectural style of a palace is the combination of European and Iranian architectures. Since 1963 until 1978 the building of the palace was used as proprietary museum of Pahlavi and also a place for preserving precious objects,...Information | Map Post and telec...Construction of general post office building, which is a two-floor building with a basement floor, following a composite German and Persian architecture. It had been built from 1928 to 1934, when the Municipality and ministry of foreign Affairs were created. This museum has divided in...Information | Map Qasr PrisonQasr Prison (زندان قصر) was a prison in Tehran. It was one of the oldest Iranian political prisons. In 2008 it closed forever and is to be turned into a museum. History It was built by the order of Fat′h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1790 in the form of a palace. It was the first p...Information | Map Reza Abbasi Mu...The Reza Abbasi Museum (the RAM) opened in September 1977, but in November 1978, just one year after its official opening it was closed. Exactly a year later in 1979, having had changes in its internal decorations and with further expansion of its exhibition space it was reopened. In ...Information | Map Royal Dishes M...Royal Dishes Museum is located in the east of cultural complex of Sadabad. There are already more than 500 pieces of dishes and decorative objects in five halls and two floors. Most of the dishes are related to the reputable companies around the world such as Limoges, Bavaria, Sour, Ros...Information | Map Royal Kitchen ...Saadabad royal kitchen with an area of 800 m is located in the center of the Saad Abad Museum Complex, next to the Darband River. The building consists of two ground floors and a basement and it was the specific kitchen of the white palace ( Melat Palace) The structure turned to a mu...Information | Map Sa'dabad_Palac...The Saadabad Palace is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area of Tehran and currently official residence of the President of Iran. The complex was first inhabited by Qajar monarchs and royal family in the 19th century. After the Iranian Revolution, the compl...Information | Map Shams-ol-Emare...The lavish Golestan Palace is a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences. The walled Palace, one of the oldest groups of buildings in Teheran, became the seat of government of the Qajar family...Information | Map Sink hillSink hill is located in Shahryar Township, Ferdos rural district, Khave village. It belongs to the first millennium BC. It has an area between five to seven thousand M². There are some potteries on the surface of the hill that are usually gray. Some of these potteries that they wer...Information | Map Tamashagah-e Z...This museum present an interesting and absorbing collection of timekeepers. The 700 Sq. m building is situated in a 6000 Sq. m garden. It is embellished with various dazzling Iranian arts and crafts such as ornamental brickwork, arched ceiling decorated with painting, plasterwork, ti...Information | Map Tamashagah-e-T...This museum inaugurated in 1996, displays 500 works of art on the 200 years old history of Tehran; also shown cultural penetration from Western to Eastern countries, like Iran (specially in Qajar Dynasty). Items of contemporary (last 200 years) Iranian history, including Nasser-ed-Di...Information | Map Tehran museum ...On the western side of Park-e Laleh, the Tehran museum of contemporary Art is in a striking concrete modernist building constructed to build modern landmarks in the 1970s. Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA) is an art museum in Tehran, Iran. Inaugurated in 1977, and built adja...Information | Map Tomb of Lotf A......Information | Map Tughrul TowerTughrul Tower is the tomb for the second ruler of the Seljuk dynasty, Tughrul Beg (990–1063 CE). He is a significant figure in Islamic history because he established the Seljuk Sultanate after conquering Persia and retaking the Abbasid capital of Baghdad from the Buyid dynasty in 1055. ...Information | Map Vitrai MuseumThe museum of vitray is located in an old house in Sa'adi Street, Tehran. Most of the works belong to Safavid era until the present century that are entrusted to the Cultural Heritage Organization. This museum is the second vitray museum in the world. It is the only independent muse...Information | Map Vosoghu dole h......Information
