Persian carpets
“Persian carpet: comfortable, warm and homey, understated, minimalist, clean and simple, abundant or affluent, elegant, luxurious, casual, etc. Look at many rugs and eventually you’ll get it. It, being an understanding of what your type of rug is. When that occurs you will then be able to choose a rug with confidence. Read more
Looking at the Persian carpet is viewing the world of art that has been fostered for over 2500 years. Read more
Highland Karabakh is a geographically and culturally peculiar region which was being colonized by Armenians since the 6th century BC. It is, de facto independent republic of the Caucasus, but officially part of Azerbaijan. Read more
Meshed is the center of the Razavi Khorasan province. It is the hometown of the famous Persian poet Ferdowsi who in the 10th century wrote the epic poem Shahnameh (“The Book of Kings”). Read more
This region encompasses the big cities from Teheran to the ancient capital of the Persian empire – Shiraz. Here such historical cities as Isfahan and Yazd – a city which is still considered to be the center of Zoroastrian culture, are based. Kashan, Isfahan and Fars are the cities best known for the carpet-weaving and tying methods. Read more
The Quashqai tribe is one among many of Turkic tribes (together with the Amalaeh, Darreh-Shuri, Kashkuli, Shesh Baluki, Farismadan). They inhabit mostly the territory of Fars, Khuzestan and southern Isfahan – the greatest number of these people living around city Shiraz.
This is one of the most beautiful and important cities in Persia. Today the world if still fascinated by its Safavid architectural monuments. This city became a UNESCO world heritage site. French poet Renier who visited Isfahan for the first time in the 16th century, was amazed and called it “Half of the World”. Read more