Book "Unforgettable Iran". Chapter 2.4. National Treasury of Iran
The next day I went to the Jewelery Museum, but even with the map I managed to get lost. Not far from st. m. Imam Khomeini I showed a passerby a page from the LP with the name of the museum in Farsi.
- Nemi dunam (I don't know), - the passer-by answered and nodded upwards.
- Bank e Melli Iran koja st? (where the National Bank of Iran is located), I asked, since the museum was in the same building.
The Iranian showed to follow him, and a few minutes later we came to the National Bank. The bank guard said that this was a branch, and began to explain to me the way to the head office. Guys passing by approached us and offered their help. One of them took my hand and we went to look for the museum. I tried to explain that I would not get lost and that I would find the way myself, but they did not let me go until they brought me to the very entrance. Then they said goodbye “hod a fez” and went back to where we had just come from.
From this I concluded that they did not need to go in this direction at all, and they ended up here only for my sake.
The “National Treasury of Iran”, or in other words the “Jewelry Museum”, is open to the public from Saturday to Tuesday from 14:00 to 16:00, free tours in English are regularly held.
You can talk a lot about the treasury, and the saying is appropriate here: “It is better to see once than hear a hundred times. ” I have never seen so much gold and diamonds before. It is forbidden to take pictures, as well as to approach the exhibits, the photos are taken from the website of the Ambassador of I. R. Iran in Russia, Reza Sajjadi.
The first place among the huge variety of diamonds in the National Treasury of Iran is Daria-ye-Noor (“Sea of Light”), it weighs 182 carats and is the largest pink diamond in the world.
Be sure to check out the Peacock Throne, richly adorned with precious stones and gold, it used to be called the Sun Throne because the sun was depicted on its back. Some guidebooks say that this is the famous "Peacock Throne" brought from India, but this is not so.
The "Throne of Nader" was intended to demonstrate the luxury of the court to his subjects and foreign ambassadors. It consists of 12 separate parts and includes a total of 2.733 gems.
The "Crown of Kiani" worn by Fath-Ali Shah and the "Shield of Nader Shah" with large rubies, diamonds and emeralds look very beautiful.
Do not miss the amazing globe of pure gold, the seas and oceans of which are lined with emeralds, and the continents are made of rubies, Southeast Asia, Iran, England and France are represented by diamonds. The weight of the globe is 34 kg, and 3.566 precious stones were used in the decoration, the total weight of which is 3.656 g.
Author: Kozlovsky Alexander.
Book: "Unforgettable Iran". 159 days hitchhiking.
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