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Golestan palace, Tehran's Louvre museum, National Museum of Iran, Ab o Atash park Tour 2018
Girls international students were taken to Golestan palace on Friday 23rd March,2018 ...
Girls international students were taken to Golestan palace on Friday 23rd March,2018. The Golestan palace is the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran. One of the oldest historic monuments in the city of Tehran and one of the world heritage status, the Golestan Palace belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran's arg ("citadel"). It consists of gardens, royal buildings and collections of Iranian crafts and European presents from the 18th and 19th centuries. After visiting Golestan palace students were taken to the Louvre museum. The Louvre museum in Tehran is the first large-scale exhibition by a major Western museum in Iran and an outstanding cultural and diplomatic event for both countries. Its opening coincides with the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the National Museum of Iran, created at the request of the Iranians by the French archeologist and architect André Godard. The national museum of Iran was the third place which was visited by international students. It is an institution formed of two complexes; the Museum of Ancient Iran and the Museum of the Islamic Era. The institution hosts historical monuments dating back through preserved ancient and medieval Iranian antiquities, including pottery vessels, metal objects, textile remains and some rare books and coins. It also includes a number of research departments, categorized by different historical periods and archaeological topics. At the end the tour international students were taken to Ab o Atash park, The park has an exclusive area designed for water-playing, alongside four fire-towers which make fire flames as high as 6 to 8 meters, with the whole presentation accompanied by music. Other features of the park include horse training, a light house, gazebos, and several interior cafeterias. Ab-o-Atash Park is connected to Nowruz Park by the suspension bridge of Abrisham, and to Taleqani Forest Park by the largest pedestrian overpass of Tehran, Tabiat Bridge. It is also attached to Banader Park, with a light house in between.
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