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Iran Cultural Heritage Organization (سازمان میراث فرهنگی) is an educational and research institution overseeing numerous associated museum complexes throughout Iran. It is administered and funded by the Government of Iran. The December 1979 constitution, and its 1989 amendment, define the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...
It was established in 1985 by legislation from the Majles merging 11 research and cultural organizations. مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ...
It publishes and oversees the publication of many journals and books, and carries out projects in conjunction with foreign museums and academia. It is similar in scope and activity to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...
ICHO also has a News Agency, Cultural Heritage News Agency.
Some ICHO Museums and Palaces
Entrance of the National Museum of Iran, the vault is built in the style of Persias Sassanid vaults The National Museum of Iran (in Persian: موزه ایران باستان Muze-ye Irân-e Bâstân) is an archeological and historical museum located in Tehran. ...
Morvarid Palace is a palace built by Shams (a royalty of the Pahlavi dynasty) in the 1960s. ...
The Sadabad Palace (کاخ سعدآباد) is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. ...
External links Niavaran Palace Website Categories: Stub | Iran ...
A view of the Gulistan Palaces garden from Khalvat e Karimkhani. ...
Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan Naghsh-i Jahan, also known as shah or imam square, situated at the center of Isfahan city, Iran, is one of the largest city squares in the world. ...
The entrance to the Museum. ...
Arg e Bam, before the 2003 earthquake. ...
Some organizations administered by ICHO
Some ICHO archeological projects Choghazanbil ziggurat, Iran Choghazanbil ziggurat, another view Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite ziggurat in the Khuzestan province of Iran. ...
An interior view. ...
The Behistun Inscription, carved into a cliffside, gives the same text in three languages, telling the story of King Darius conquests. ...
Takht e Soleyman, or Takht e Soleiman, is the holiest shrine of Zoroastrism and Sassanid Empire, now a World Heritage Site near the town of Takab in West Azarbaijan, Iran. ...
Arg e Bam, before the 2003 earthquake. ...
Location of Persepolis Persepolis was an ancient capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, situated some 70 km northeast of Shiraz, not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur (Kyrus). ...
Tomb of Cyrus II Pasargadae was a city in ancient Persia, and is today an archeological site. ...
Provincial Branches ICHO has branches in all Provinces of Iran that administer and operate local projects, sites, and museums. Links to some of these branches are given below. Some links are in English and contain detailed information: Iran consists of 30 provinces: Provinces are governed from a local center, mostly the largest local city. ...
- East Azarbaijan ICHO
- Tehran ICHO
- Khorasan ICHO
- Qazvin ICHO
- Qom ICHO
- Semnan ICHO
- Kerman ICHO
- Isfahan ICHO
- Lorestan ICHO
- Markazi ICHO
- Fars ICHO
- Kermanshah ICHO
- Birjand ICHO
- Kurdestan ICHO
- Mazandaran ICHO
- Sistan and Baluchestan ICHO
- Bushehr ICHO
- Gilan ICHO
- Hamedan ICHO
See also A Persian Rug depicting the turquoise blue mosque of Isfahan. ...
The history of Iran covers thousands of years, from the ancient civilization on the Iranian plateau, Mannaeans civilization in Azerbaijan, Shahr-e Sookhteh (Burned City) in Zabol and ancient Kingdom of Jiroft followed by the kingdom of Elam and the Achaemenid, the Parthian, the Sassanian and following Empires to the...
The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...
Other links - Association of the Friends of ICHO
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