Tag: IR – Pasargadae

A permanent market for handicrafts is planned to be established near the UNESCO-designated Pasargadae, southern Fars province.

Source: Permanent handicrafts market to open near UNESCO-designated Pasargadae

Iranian government has allocated a sum of 200 billion rials (about $4.7 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) to develop tourism infrastructure at the UNESCO-designated Pasargadae.

Source: $4.7 million allocated to UNESCO-designated Pasargadae

A center for preserving and monitoring the historical water structures of the UNESCO-tagged Pasargadae has been established near the ancient Bostankhani Dam in Fars province, southern Iran.

Source: Center to preserve historical water structures established in Pasargadae

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Cyrus’ empire is the first known multiethnic, multicultural, multilingual and multireligious state. Wisely, he respected local cultural, religious and administrative practices, which gained him considerable support from the subjects of his vast domain…

Source: Cyrus the Great and Persian control of the Middle East