Badab-e-Soort, located in Orost Village of Mazandaran Province, comprises a range of stepped travertine terraces and springs.         Badab-e-Soort’s springs are located 1,840 meters above sea level and in mountainous slopes. The water of these springs is…

Art of mirrors is surely one of the most delicate architectural decorations in Islamic-Iranian civilization. Essentially, mirrorwork is the art of making ordered, symmetric and geometrical designs using large and small pieces of the mirror for decorating interior surfaces of…

Madurodam is a miniature park and a major tourist attraction in The Hague, Netherlands. Ever since the opening in 1952, Madurodam has been one of the most iconic places in the Netherlands. It was originally established as a monument to…

Shafei Jame Mosque is the mosque of Sunni Muslims in Iran’s western city of Kermanshah. Friday prayers are held in the mosque and Sunni Muslims gather around to share their social and cultural ideas after prayers. The mosque was completed…

Tiling is one of the most important traditional handicrafts and art forms in Iran. Examples of Achaemenid’s glazed bricks used in Persepolis and Susa, as well as the beautiful patterns of tileworks in the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid periods and,…