Following the photo exhibition “Gates of Old Tehran” held at City Photo Museum in Tehran, March 12 to April 19, a meeting will be held at the venue for a review of the gates. For the exhibit that ended 10 days ago, calligrapher, page illumination artist, ceramic artist, author, essayist and researcher in Iranian and Islamic arts, Kianoush Motaqedi, had collected 40 historical photographs of Tehran’s old gates and displayed them at City Photo Museum. The upcoming meeting, slated for Monday, is titled “A Review on Gates of Old Tehran” where two lectures are scheduled, Chiilick, a Persian news website on photography, reported. Farrokh Mohammadzadeh-Mehr, an expert in architectural heritage and researcher in history of urban design, will also attend the meeting to talk about “Function and Structure of Tehran’s Inner Gates.” Another lecture will be delivered by Mansour Karamzadeh-Shirani, architect and specialist in historical fabrics. He will present “An Account of Nasseri Gates and Their Rise and Fall.” Nasseri Gates were built during the reign of Qajar king Nasser al-Din Shah who ruled from 1848 to 1896. Under his rule, as a result of the city’s gradual expansion and due to the change in its plan in 1867-68, the number of gates increased from four to 12. People and caravans were checked by gatekeepers. The meeting is open to all enthusiasts from 4-7 p.m. City Photo Museum is located at Bahar-Shiraz Park northeast of 7-Tir Square.
