• the nearly completed Sivand Dam project in Fars Province, Iran will flood 130 archaeological sites and hasten the destruction of the ancient Persian city of Pasargadae?

Facts on topics related to Fars Province

Shiraz

• Shirazi wine from the Persian city of Shiraz was white and has nothing to do with the Shiraz grape used to make wine today?
• a shrine in Shiraz over the tomb (pictured) of the famed Persian poet Hafez was pulled down in 1899 by protesters, because it was being built by a Zoroastrian?

Persepolis

• the Tent City of Persepolis of the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy was inspired by the 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold meeting between Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England?