TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Iran Photo Agency (IPA) is arranging a photo exhibition on ‘Iran’s wind-catchers’ in Kuwait.

In cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Photo Agency (APA), affiliated with the IYCS will hold an exhibition featuring photo of ‘Iran’s wind-catchers’ in Kuwait.


Thirty photographs taken by Iranian photographer Afshin Bakhtiar of wind-catchers across Iranian cities, will be exhibited from Monday February 16-21 in Kuwait.





Iranian wind-catcher is a traditional Persian architectural element used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings. The function of this tower is to catch cooler breeze that prevail at a higher level above the ground and to direct it into the interior of the buildings.





Using wind-catchers has been common since several thousand years ago in Iranian architecture so that the city of Yazd in Iran is still known as the 'city of wind-catchers.'


By Mehr News Agency





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