Beautiful Empress Farah Pahlavi
Beautiful Empress Farah Pahlavi
Until 1979 she was known as Her Imperial Majesty Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran. The empress was a symbol of how far women had come under her husband’s reign. Besides, she was the first Iranian queen to be named Empress. In the beginning of her reign, the Empress took an active part in the development of culture and art in Iran. Due to her patronage, was created a number of organizations contributing to the further development of the historical and contemporary Iranian art in Iran, as well as in the Western world. She presided over a staff of 40 and was patron of 24 educational, health, and cultural organizations, traveling to the remote parts of the country to inaugurate schools and hospitals. Under her direction, were bought back hundreds of historic Persian artifacts from antique dealers previously exported abroad. And with her assistance the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has turned into the largest collection of Asian art of bronzes, carpets, ceramics, and other objects and antiquities.
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