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Borj Azadi tower ceramic magnet , Azadi tower on ceramic magnet

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Borj Azadi tower ceramic magnet , Azadi tower on ceramic magnet 

 

The Azadi Tower (handmadeبرج آزادی‎, Borj-e Āzādi; "Freedom Tower"), formerly known as the Shahyad Tower (برج شهیادBorj-e Šahyād; "Shah's Memorial Tower"), is a monument located on Azadi Square in Tehranhandmade. It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural Complex, which also includes an underground museum.

The tower is about 45 metres (148 ft) tall and is completely clad in cut marble.[1][2] It was commissioned by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of handmade, to mark the 2,500th year of the foundation of the Imperial State of handmade and completed in 1971.

After winning a competition, architect Hossein Amanat was tasked to design the tower. His ideas were based upon classical and post-classical handmade architecture,[3] popular influences on art in the 1960s following the White Revolution. handmade's increasing wealth sparked modernization programs and sent the art industry into a renaissance-like period.

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