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The Woman in our Sacred Texts

January 9 2023

The Woman in our sacred texts
Speakers

Dr. Heidi Hadsell

Christianity

Rabbi Ruth S. Sohn

Judaism

Dr. Hanieh Tarkian

Islam

Participation is open to the public

Monday 16 January at 18.00

Links for connection

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Happy Holidays

25 December 2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The Cultural Institute of Iran on the occasion of the arrival of the holidays wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023, Hoping that the coming year will be better.

We thank all friends and enthusiasts of Persian culture and civilization who have supported our projects for the presentation of the

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Best wishes for the arrival of Yalda night

21 December 2022

The night of Yalda
This night will be the longest night of the year.
It is the moment when the "new sun" is born, which will shine with increasing intensity, shortening the hours of darkness, promising a flourishing spring that is celebrated in Iran with the festival of Shab-e Yalda.
Every Persian of any religion or ethnicity feasts on the night of December 21st

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In memory of Akbar Gholi

9 November 2022

Already a year after the death of Akbar Gholi.
In these days of November (November 13) a year ago Akbar Gholi died at the age of only 53, due to a fulminating disease. He colleague and the former director of the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome.

A year has already passed since our Akbar left us too prematurely. A year in which, every single

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Ninth online course of Persian language.

4 November 2022

Registration for the ninth online Persian language course is now open.

The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, within the framework of its cultural and educational activities, promotes the 56th course and the ninth online course of. The course aims to introduce you to one of the main languages ​​of Central and Western Asia whose great importance is linked to

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Eighty years of short stories

28 October 2022

Eighty years of short stories
Three generations of Iranian authors

edited by Abolhassan Hatami

The volume contains 22 carefully chosen short stories from a hundred short stories in an influential analogy published in Iran spanning an 80 year time span, by Sadeq Hedayat, considered the father of literature

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VI Bolognese Congress of Iranian Studies

18 October 2022

Science, philosophy and literature in the Iranian world.
VI Bolognese Congress of Iranian Studies 

Bologna, 20-21 October 2022

Science, philosophy and literature in the Iranian world
from Gundishapur to the present day
Organized by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LILEC) and the Department of Cultural Heritage

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Panj ganj. The Five Treasures of Neẓāmi Ganjavi

12 October 2022

The restoration of a XNUMXth century Persian miniature masterpiece.
curated by Daniela Meneghini and Alessandro Martoni
editorial coordination Maria Giovanna Vielli

authors of the essays: Renzo Bertoncello, Mario Casari, Rita Deiana, Alessandro Martoni, Daniela Meneghini, Angelo Michele Piemontese, Francis Richard, Cecilia Rossi, Eleanor Sims, Melania

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Zurkhaneh arrives in Pescara

21 September 2022

Zurkhaneh, intangible heritage of humanity for the first time Pescara.
Zur Khaneh means "The House of Strength", it is also known as "Sport of the Ancients", it is a traditional gymnastics and wrestling discipline from Persia (Iran), originally born as a physical education academy for military purposes.
In Italy also with the name of zorkana

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Zurkhaneh arrives in Italy

15 September 2022

Zurkhaneh, The oldest sport in the world performs in Italy.
From 15 to 18 September 2022 Tocatì International Street Games Festival returns!
This year, to celebrate the twentieth edition of the festival, we will be joined by traditional games, music and dances by the Guests of Honor who have made Tocatì what it is today: a great party, a place

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Unesco world heritage sites in Iran

Qara Kelisa or The Black Church

Black Church

Qara Kelisa or The Black Church is the burial place of San Taddeo. Historical sources reveal that in the Sassanid era a part of the Armenians was of Zoroastrian faith, while ... Read more
Hammam Ganjali Khan

Arg-e Bam

Arg-e Bam is the largest brick-built city in the world that is around 2200 years old. This site is located above Azarin Hill, a ... Read more
Rock inscription of Bisotun

Rock inscription of Bisotun

The rock inscription of Bisotun is located in the homonymous city in the province of Harsin (Kermānshāh region), at the foot of Mount Bisotun. This inscription is the largest in the world and the ... Read more
Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace has a monumental entrance and has several halls now used as a museum, such as the hall of mirrors, the hall of diamonds and the ivory room. In the hall of ... Read more
Tower of Gonbad-e Kavus

Tower of Gonbad-e Kavus

The Gonbad-e Kavus Tower (Qabus) is one of the tallest brick-built towers in the world, represents one of the most valuable works of Islamic architecture in Iran and is located ... Read more
city ​​of Yazd

Yazd

city ​​of Yazd: The Yazd region is one of the oldest territories in Iran and the historical works scattered in this area, each in its own way, tell the past ... Read more
Imam Mosque

Imam Mosque

The Imam Mosque, the most prestigious historical mosque in Esfahān, among the important buildings of Islamic architecture in Iran and known by other names such as: Mahdie mosque, Al-Mahdi mosque, Jāme 'Abbāsi mosque, ... Read more
NAGHSH AND JAHAN

NAGHSH AND JAHAN

The Naghsh-e Jahan square was built in the time of the Timurids, to a lesser extent than today. At the time of Shah Abbas I the square was enlarged and purchased the ... Read more
Pasargadae

Pasargadae

Along the road that connects Esfahan to Shiraz, in the plain of Morghab, there is the mausoleum of Cyrus the great. The mausoleum building includes a quadrangular room which is located ... Read more
Persepolis (Persepolis)

Persepolis (Persepolis, Parse)

Takht-e Jamshid ("Throne of Jamshid"), is the famous name of the most impressive architectural work of the Achaemenids located in the city of Marvdasht, Fārs region. The Takht-e Jamshid area which in ... Read more
Shahr-i Sokhta (Shahr-e Sukhteh)

Shahr-i Sokhta

Shahr-e Sukhte (Shahr-i Sokhta) is located 57 km west of the road from Zabol to Zahedan. Because of the vastness and the particular conditions ... Read more
Sheikh Safi-ad-din mausoleum

Sheikh Safi-ad-din mausoleum

Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili is composed of a series of buildings from different periods and for the first time it was for the will of Shah Tahmasp Safavide who took on ... Read more
Shushtar hydraulic system

Shushtar hydraulic system

The hydraulic system of Shushtar is located in the city of the same name (Khuzestān region) and dates back to the Achaemenid and Sassanid periods. These ancient structures considered the most important architectural and ... Read more
Soltaniyeh dome

Soltaniyeh dome

the archaeological area of ​​Soltaniyeh is located at the forty-third kilometer of the Zanjan-Khoda Bande road. Soltaniye Dome is forty-eight and a half meters high, belongs to the Il-Khanide era and was built in nine ... Read more
Apadana Palace of Susa

Apadana Palace of Susa

The Apadana Palace of Susa is located in the city of the same name (Khuzestān region) and was the winter palace of the Achaemenid kings and the main one of Darius I who by his will was ... Read more
Choqa zanbil

Choqa zanbil

Choqa zanbil (Choga Zanbil) or Ziggurat Dur Untāsh is located in the city of Shush or Susa (Khuzestān region). This ancient place of worship was built by the great king of ancient ... Read more

Bāgh, Iranian garden

 Although, according to some Iranian myths, the first to collect and cultivate in a bāgh (garden) the seeds of flowers and fruit imported from mountain areas was ... Read more

Iranian art

PERSIAN LANGUAGE COURSE

The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, as part of its cultural and educational activities, promotes the Persian language course

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