
Tehran is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. with some outstanding museums, palaces, and hotels and restaurants. The main highlights include:
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The Archaeological Section of the National Museum It 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. |
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Glass & Ceramic Museum With beautifully displayed exhibits from the 2nd millennium BC. |
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Crown Jewels Museum It houses a collection of the worlds most expensive jewels collected over centuries. |
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Carpet Museum Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Iranian culture and art. |
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Grand Bazaar of Tehran Tehran Grand Bazaar is a giant labyrinth of narrow alleys teeming with shoppers, merchants and overladen carts. |
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Green Palace
The Green palace is one of the old places in the complex which is made by green marble stones. |
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Golestan Palace Complex The Palace is all that remains of Tehran’s Historical Citadel which once glittered like a jewel. |
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The Islamic Period Section of the National Museum ]t is chock-full of Iran’s rich history. The collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis, Ismailabad (near Qazvin), Shush, Rey and Turang Tappeh. |
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Reza Abbasi Museum The collections on display and in storage of this museum belong to a period from the 2nd millenium BC to the early 20th century which corresponds to the end of Qajar period. |
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Sa’dabad Complex There is perhaps no better place to see the lifestyle of the ‘Last Shah’ than the Sa’dabad Palace Complex. A royal summer residence of the Qajar and Pahlavi monarchs set in a spectacular mountainside forested land. |
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White Palace Built by the Pahlavis serving as a summer residence for the last king of Iran. |
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Gate of Bagh-e Melli is a historical and governmental compound in Tehran, Iran and it used to be a military shooting range during the Qajar period. |
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