.jpg "Tehran City Council member Ahmad Masjed-Jamei takes a glance at a replica of the Bam Citadel during an exhibition displaying 13 models of Iranian ancient and historical sites, all registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, at Tehran’s Miniature Garden Museum on February 13, 2015.")
TEHRAN – Small models of 13 Iranian ancient and historical sites, all registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, are on display in an exhibit at Tehran’s Miniature Garden Museum.
The Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat in Khuzestan Province, Persepolis in Fars Province, and Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan Province, the first Iranian sites registered on the list in 1979, are among the models on show.
Sixteen Iranian ancient and historical sites have previously been registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and the Golestan Palace complex, one of the oldest groups of buildings in downtown Tehran, was Iran’s latest site added to the list in 2013.
An inscription bearing a brief explanation about each historical site has been installed near each model, the technical supervisor of the museum, Mehdi Hashemi, explained.
He added that a team of Chinese experts had been scheduled to make the models, however the models were made by a team of Iranian experts.
The models are not roofed and the recent rain has caused some damage to the structures, he explained.
The City Council member Ahmad Masjed-Jamei visited the models on Friday and proposed making a space around and inside them to allow visitors to walk closer to the structures and even go inside.
Other models include Takht-e Soleiman in West Azerbaijan Province (2003), Pasargadae in Fars Province (2004), the city of Bam and its Cultural Landscape in Kerman Province (2004), Soltanieh Dome in Zanjan Province (2005), and Bisotun in Kermanshah Province (2006).
The museum is located on West Janbazan St., off Imam Ali Highway.
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