Chitgar Forest Park – Tehran

The construction of this building was completed in the year 1253 AH. (13th century) and comprises of several rooms and halls beautifully adorned with plaster-works.

Next door to the National Museum, and part of the same complex, this museum offers a stunning collection of arts and antiquities from throughout the Islamic period, including calligraphy, carpets, ceramics, woodcarving, sculpture, miniatures, brickwork and textiles. The collection includes silks...

This mausoleum is situated in Chaleh Maidan which is between Boozarjomehr and Molavi Streets. The current structure of mausoleum belongs to the reign of Mohammad Shah. In the upper portion of the grave is an old, beautifully wooden carved door with a length of 162 cm. and a breadth of 66 cm. The...

Sorkheh (Ruby) Hesar castle is one of the castles of the east of Tehran during the Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar which was built in the 39th anniversary of his reign. Sorkheh castle was consisted of external castle and royal Harems. Ruby castle building, Ruby palace or Sorkheh Hesar palace are its...

Carpet Museum is one of the museums in Tehran. This museum was built to the order of Farah Pahlavi and opened on 22nd of Bahman 1356. The building of the museum has an interesting architecture. Its exterior design is in the form of a carpet loom and the building is 3400 square meters which is...

This museum was constructed in the year 1946 and at present it belongs to the Red Crescent Society. Sanati created approximately about 6,000 paintings and over a thousand number of gypsum, stone and bronze statues of reputed scientific and literal personalities of Iran and even different kinds of...

Mirza Yusof Aashtiani, the Grand Chancellor of Naseredin Shah constructed this square in the name of his son Mirza Hassan Mostowfi-ol-Mamalek. From 1303 till 1312 AH. four buildings were constructed in four sides of the square in adaptation to Palladio, the famous Italian Architect of the...

The complex of Haj Hussein Aqa Malek’s house is one of the centers affiliated to Malek national library and museum institution. The house of Malek was located in the Bazar tissue and its relation to urban complexes is important (for being in the middle of the path between two mosques of Imam...

Other old houses in Tehran are as follows: Ehsani House (Amir Kabir Avenue), Pamenar (Bahaodolleh Alley.), Bazaar-e-Mesgarha House (Mostafa Khomeini Ave.), The Safavid House (Mostafa Khomeini Ave.), Mondella House (Ferdowsi Ave.), Qavam-ol-Saltaneh House (Si-ye-tir St.) which is at present turned...

This Palace was constructed under the order of Naseredin Shah in the year 1291 AH. and is located to the north east of Tehran, in the Eshrat Abad sector, beyond the Shemiran Gate way. This Kolah Farangi edifice of Eshrat Abad is in four storeys with a gable roof. There is an arched Mirror pavilion...

Gohar Gohar consists of 2 parts to big names (Gohar head) And small Gohar (Gohar Korea) Is. Gohar Lake Great about 1700 meters long and 400 to 800 meters wide and 4 to 28 m depth is. Gohar was great. Shore of the lake but the lake entries (The west side) And the Mqablash (East side) The sandy beach...

This two-storeyed palace was built under the orders of Naseredin Shah in the village of Rostam Abad in the year (1305 AH). This palace has a ‘Hoze-Khaneh’ in the center (a covered area with a pool). The walls and rooms under the ‘howz-Khaneh’ are adorned with artistic plaster work. A golden...