The Deed of Endowment of the Rab' i-Rashidi (Persian: (وقفنامه ربع رشیدی, a 13th-century manuscript, was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 2007. The Memory of the World register is a program proposed by the International Advisory ...

Date of Submission: 2016 State, Region or Province: Different Regions Category: Cultural

Building Lenj and boat is one of the oldest local industries in south of Iran dating back to Afsharid period. However, the history of Iranian sailing can be considered to be even longer after discovering Sasanid antiquities in today's Mongolia and ...

One of the most important arts in Fars region with a universal reputation is carpet weaving which is famous as Fars Carpet. The texture in most of the old Fars carpets was woven of wool and all carpets produced in this province are the products of ...

Traditional Skills of Carpet Weaving in Kashan Kashan city was the center of carpet weaving in Shah Abbas period and many carpet weaving workshops were established in this city based on his command. Silk, silver and golden carpets which are ...

Date of Submission: 2021 State, Region or Province: Several Provinces Category: Cultural

As a multicultural nomination file, Turkmen-style needlework art was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, during the 17th Session of Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the ...

Vank cathedral or Amena Pergic, the largest and most beautiful cathedral in Isfahan’s Julfa, one of the historical Armenian cathedrals, was established in the Shah Abbas II era in the lands of Zereshk garden in 1605; it was extended continuously ...

As a multicultural nomination file, Yaldā/Chella was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, during the 17th Session of Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural ...

Bahram fire temple Or Vararam fire temple in Yazd is one of the premises of the Zoroastrians, consisted of buildings and tree-lined garden that has been made in recent centuries. This building construction dated back to Pahlavi I era its ...