Oct 15, 2016, 9:00 PM

Iran, Italy kick off restoration work in Pasargadae

Iran, Italy kick off restoration work in Pasargadae

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – A team of Iranian and Italian experts have begun restoration work in Pasargadae in Iran’s Fars province.

Director General of Iran’s Bureau of International Databases Farhad Azizi said Iran and Italy are cooperating more than a year and a half to restore Pasargadae constructions.

This year, he added, the Italian delegation in collaboration with Iranian counterpart started field works to study and protect the palace of Cyrus the Great and Winged Figure.

Italian experts in renovation, architecture, physics, chemistry, documentation, biology and geology as well as Iranian experts discussed the problems and the protection methods of the site’s stone monuments.

The Italian and Iranian teams kicked off cooperation 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.

LR/3795500

News ID 120531

Tags

Your Comment

You are replying to: .
  • captcha