Tehran-On Saturday, in order to make the UNESCO-designated mausoleum more attractive to tourists, the Soltanieh Dome property began a full-scale landscape project.

"The Soltanieh Dome designated by UNESCO has carried out a landscape project including cleaning, fencing, painting, restoring the former excavation site, planting trees and ornamental flowers, and installing signboards in three languages," CHTN quoted the director of World Heritage Say it on Saturday.

The official said that the project started on the second day after the visiting Minister of Tourism Ezatollah Zarghami issued a decree to "reorganize" the UNESCO site.

“During the visit to Soltanieh Dome, Ezatollah Zarghami, Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, issued a decree to reorganize the site’s premises and properties.”

According to UNESCO, the Mausoleum of Oljatu is an important link and important monument in the development of Islamic architecture in Central and Western Asia. The extremely rich interior of the mausoleum displays gorgeous glazed tiles, brickwork, inlays, stucco, frescoes and vivid illustrations, as well as other decorations. 

The very large dome is the earliest extant example of this type and became an important reference for the later development of Islamic domes. Similarly, the extremely rich interior decoration of the mausoleum, including glazed tiles, brickwork, inlaid or inlaid materials, stucco, and fresco designs, illustrates an important trend towards more refined materials and themes.

Its interior has been under renovation for a long time, and scaffolding poles are everywhere. However, its decoration is so impressive that scholars, including the AU Pope, described it as "looking forward to the Taj Mahal." It is the earliest surviving example of a double dome in Iran.

According to UNESCO, the Mausoleum of Oljatu is an important link and important monument in the development of Islamic architecture in Central and Western Asia. Here, the Ilhanids further developed the ideas put forward in the classical Seljuk period (11th to early 13th century), during which Iranian art stood out in the Islamic world, thus contributing to the Timurid period (14 From the end of the century to the 15th century) laid the foundation. Century), one of the most glorious periods of Islamic art.

UNESCO said: “Excavations in the 790-hectare site of the Orgiatu Mausoleum revealed more remains of the old city. A large part of the site retains its archaeological features. As the ancient capital of the Ilhan dynasty, Sultaniye is an extraordinary testimony to the history of Iran in the 13th and 14th centuries."

Oljaytu is the great-grandson of Hulegu, the founder of the Il-Khanid dynasty. He is a Mongolian ruler. After getting involved in various religions, he adopted the Shia name Mohammed Khodabandeh.

The property is named after the town of Soltanieh ("City of Sultan"), which was the capital of the Persian Ilhan Dynasty (a branch of the Mongolian dynasty) in the 14th century.

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