Iranian experts begin restoration of Rudaki mausoleum
A group of expert tile craftsmen from Neyshabur Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department will complete the restoration and renovation process of the mausoleum within a month.
The tomb was constructed on an octagon plane with a rotary dome representing the architectural style of Attar’s mausoleum in Neyshabur, Khorasan Razavi Province.
The dome covering an area of 100 square meters will be covered with turquoise-colored tiles in the planetarium style.
Born in the village of Rudak (Panjrud) in Khorasan, now located in present-day Tajikistan, Rudaki was the first great literary genius of the modern Persian language who composed poetry in “New Persian,” which is written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet script...
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The tomb was constructed on an octagon plane with a rotary dome representing the architectural style of Attar’s mausoleum in Neyshabur, Khorasan Razavi Province.
The dome covering an area of 100 square meters will be covered with turquoise-colored tiles in the planetarium style.
Born in the village of Rudak (Panjrud) in Khorasan, now located in present-day Tajikistan, Rudaki was the first great literary genius of the modern Persian language who composed poetry in “New Persian,” which is written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet script...