Preparations get underway for the exhibition that will take some of MARQ's most outstanding pieces to Tehran.

The countdown is on for the essence of the Archaeological Museum of Alicante lands in Tehran. A delegation from the Alicante museum is currently in the Iranian capital for a visit to the museum. technical inspection of the National Museum of Iran's premises (MNI) that will host the exhibition Alicante. Treasures of the MARQ'..

The exhibition, a comprehensive selection from the MARQ collectionsThe exhibition, which brings together outstanding pieces of Mediterranean culture and history, will be on display at the MNI, the most important Iranian museum centre, from 21 September this year to 8 April 2020.

The managing director of the MARQ Foundation, José Alberto Cortésand the exhibition director, Jorge A. Solerhave met with the Dr. TalebianVice-President of the Iranian Institute for Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts (ICTHO), the Dr PakdamanDirector General of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dr. Karegardirector of ICTHO and the Dr. NokandehThe NMI's director.

This proposal is part of the collaboration agreement that both cultural centres established a few months ago, which started with the exhibition "Iran, Cradle of Civilisations in the MARQ. An ambitious exhibition that traces the trajectory of one of the world's most important most remote and prolific cultures of history through 195 piecessome of them exhibited outside Iranian soil for the first time, and many from sites that are World Heritage.

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