{"id":16972,"date":"2012-03-13T01:49:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T05:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/building-azadi-tower-shahyad\/"},"modified":"2012-03-13T01:49:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T05:49:23","slug":"building-azadi-tower-shahyad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/building-azadi-tower-shahyad\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Azadi Tower (Shahyad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azadi_Tower\" target=\"_new\">Azadi Tower<\/a>, formerly known as the Shahyad (a translation of King Memorial Tower), is the symbol of Tehran and marks the entrance to the city. <\/p>\n<p>The architect, Hossein Amanat, won a competition in 1966 to design a monument for Tehran. The tower was built between 1969 and 1971 and the inauguration took place on October 16, 1971. The building was renamed as Azadi Tower after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6217\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-01-580x737.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" title=\"Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-01-580x737.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-01.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6218\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-02-580x454.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" title=\"Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-02-580x454.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-02.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6219\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-03-580x398.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" title=\"Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-03-580x398.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-03.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6220\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-04-580x554.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1969-1970\" title=\"Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1969-1970\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-04-580x554.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-04.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadi Tower\u202a,\u202c 1969-1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6221\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-10-580x847.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a\" title=\"Azadi Tower\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-10-580x847.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-10.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u200fAzadi Tower\u202a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8012\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-11.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Azadi-Shahyad-11-580x430.jpg\" alt=\"\u200fSahyad Tower (pictured in a postcard)\u202a,\u202c mid-1970s\" title=\"Sahyad Tower (pictured in a postcard)\u202a,\u202c mid-1970s\" width=\"580\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8012\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahyad Tower (pictured in a postcard)\u202a,\u202c mid-1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Azadi_Tower\" target=\"_new\">Azadi Tower<\/a>, formerly known as the Shahyad (a translation of King Memorial Tower), is the symbol of Tehran and marks the entrance to the city. 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