INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the provincial tourism chief has said.The skill of cooking Masua Ash (a thick Persian vegetable soup
cooked in a wide variety of styles), Dast Chaleh local game, the talent of weaving Charchang carpet and the skill of making halva - a kind
of traditional sweet dessert were added to the prestigious list, Mohsen Masoum-Alizadeh explained on Wednesday.In the field of intangible
works such as souvenirs and local foods, Hamadan has a lot to say, the official added.Both tangible and intangible elements contribute to a
Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but significant parts of the city center are given over to excavations
Ecbatana was the capital of Media and subsequently a summer residence of the Achaemenian kings who ruled Persia from 553 to 330 BC.Hamedan
has had many names: it was possibly the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks
One of the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; died 529 BC) and later Achaemenian rulers, it was the site of a royal summer
palace.About 1220 Hamedan was destroyed by the Mongols
In 1386, it was sacked by Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, and the inhabitants were massacred
It was partly restored in the 17th century and subsequently changed hands often between Iranian ruling houses and the Ottomans.Sitting on a
high plain, Hamedan is graciously cool in August but snow prone and freezing from December to March
In summer, the air is often hazy.Ali Sadr cave, Ganjnameh inscriptions, Avicenna Mausoleum, Hegmataneh hill, Alaviyan dome, Jameh mosque,
