Huge Snow in Shiraz

Huge Snow in Shiraz in January 2014.

Many trees were damaged.

The photos have been taken by Daryoush Nobahari on 6th January 2014, in various districts of the city.
The Persian city of Shiraz is quite famous for its warm poetic atmosphere so such scenes are rare during the year.

SHIRAZ on KLM Magazine Map

SHIRAZ, the beautiful Persian city, on a map of KLM magazine, Holland Herald.

It's sad that since some months ago KLM has stopped its flights to Persia... anyway Shiraz is forever beautiful, just reach it !

Shirazi Way to Make a Hot Tea cool ! :)

Shiraz is an old and pretty city in Persia.

It's wine, gardens and poets are quite famous.

People of Shiraz are very musical and try to enjoy the life as much as possible. This issue is the subject of a lot of jokes about them :) including this pic!

Hafez, 14th-century Persian poet says:

Shiraz, city of the heart,

God preserve thee!

Pearl of capitals thou art,

Ah! to serve thee

A New and Unique Photo of Pasargard

A New and Unique Photo of Passargard, tomb of Cyrus the Great, King of Persia; an unfinished capital of Achemanid dynasty.
Photo by Hossein Amini, the Persian photographer who lives in Shiraz, exclusively for the blog Exiledpersian.Blogspot.com.

Pasargad now is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Cyrus the Great began building his capital in 546 BCE or later; it was unfinished when he died in battle, in 530 or 529 BCE. The remains of the tomb of Cyrus' son and successor, Cambyses II, has been found in Pasargad, near the fortress of Toll-e Takht, and identified in 2006.

Pasargad remained the Persian capital until Cambyses II moved it to Susa; later, Darius founded another in Persepolis. The archaeological site covers 1.6 square kilometres and includes a structure commonly believed to be the mausoleum of Cyrus, the fortress of Toll-e Takht sitting on top of a nearby hill, and the remains of two royal palaces and gardens. Pasargad Persian Garden provide the earliest known example of the Persian chahar bagh, or fourfold garden design.