TEHRAN - A familiarization tour (fam tour) was held on Friday in Ardabil province for a group of Turkish tourism ...

Sprawling on a high, windswept plateau, whose altitude averages 3,000 meters above sea level, Ardabil is well-known for having lush natural beauties, hospitable people, and its silk and carpet trade ...

were the artist's working designs for a series of tapestries commissioned for the Sistine Chapel The Ardabil Carpet (Iran, 1539-40) is the world's oldest, dated carpet. It is also one of the largest.

The Ardabil carpet shows radiating patterns that radiate around a central point and suggest the pattern will continue outside of the frame of the carpet. Motifs remaining constant is challenged by ...