Hamedan-2018

Memorial monument of great Avicenna

Avicenna is one of the most famous scientists of Iran. He has written about two hundred books on various fields of medicine and philosophy. Because Arabic was the language of scientific work in that era, Avicenna and other Iranian scholars who lived at that time wrote their books in Arabic. Later, some of these works were translated into other languages, including Persian. Avicenna was also expert in Persian literature. More than 20 Persian works are attributed to him, among them assignment of Ala'i encyclopedia and the treatise of the pulse are proved.  The Persian works of Farsi Avicenna, like other scientific prose of his time, have been written with complete precis and precise. Many works have been written or attributed to Avicenna, a comprehensive list of them is included in The List of Editions of Avicenna. the list contains 131 original writings from Avicenna and 111 works related to him. Of course, many of these essays and books have been compiled in several volumes.

Abu Ali Sina tomb - Photo:F.Chardowli

The structure of the tomb is a combination of both ancient and post-Islamic era of Iranian architecture.Many elements of ancient Iranian architecture has been used in this design.  Elements like tower, inspired by Gonbad-e Qabus tower, small gardens affected by Iranian gardens, the waterfront encouraged by traditional basins (Howz-khaneh) and a facing decorated by hard and rough granite stones of Alvand Mountains, representing the ancient Iranian palaces. Currently, the southern hall of the tomb is a museum to keep the coins, ceramics, bronzes, and other discovered items from the B.C. millenniums and the Islamic era. The northern hall is composed of a library including 8000 volumes of exquisite handwritten and printed Iranian and foreign books and some booths related to masterpieces of Bu- Ali Sina and other Hamedan’s poets and writers. The complement of this tomb is a half-circle park with green space and also there is the statue of Abu-Ali Sina, holding a book on his hand, which is located on the east side of the square.