Dec 1, 2015, 3:56 PM

Iran, Italy restoring Pasargadae

Iran, Italy restoring Pasargadae

SHIRAZ, Dec. 01 (MNA) – A team of Iranian and Italian experts has begun their works in the palace of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae, Iran’s southern province of Fars.

Director of the World Heritage Site of Pasargadae said that the Italian team, in spring and summer, documented the tomb as well as the special palace of Cyrus while protection and restoration operations were also executed for both the sites.

Hamid Fadaei added that the site is being renovated in order to present its unique values.

Italian experts of renovating, architecture, physics, chemistry, documentation, biology and geology as well as Iranian experts will discuss the problems and the protection methods of the site’s stone monuments in the coming months. 

The Italian and Iranian teams are working together according to an agreement signed between Iran’ Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), The National Institute for Conservation and Restoration (ISCR) and Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.

 

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