Editing Azadi Tower (section)

{{Short description|Building in Tehran, Iran}}
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| native_name      = {{lang|fa|Borj-e Āzādi}}
| name             = Azadi Tower
| image            = Azadi Tower (29358497718).jpg
| etymology        = "Freedom Tower"
| former_names     = Shahyad Tower (tr. Shah's Memorial Tower)
| client           = Council of Celebrations
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| pushpin_label    = Azadi Tower
| website          = {{URL|1=https://azadi-tower.ir/?lang=english}}
| location         = [[Tehran]], Iran
| coordinates      = {{coord|35|41|58|N|51|20|16|E|type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| roof             = {{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| inauguration_date = October 16, 1971
| opened_date      = January 14, 1972
| cost             = $6&nbsp;million
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| architect        = [[Hossein Amanat]]
| structural_engineer = [[Arup Group|Ove Arup & Partners]]
| main_contractor  = MAP Company
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The '''Azadi Tower''' ({{langx|fa|برج آزادی}}, {{Transliteration|fa|''Borj-e Āzādi''}}; "Freedom Tower"), formerly known as the '''Shahyad Tower''' ({{lang|fa|برج شهیاد}}, {{Transliteration|fa|''Borj-e Šahyād''}}; "Shah's Memorial Tower"), is a monument on [[Azadi Square]] in [[Tehran]], Iran. It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural Complex, which also includes an underground museum.

The tower is about {{convert|45|m|ft}} tall and is completely clad in cut marble.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090615/481/383faf99533649c7bc4b9f2a555f322d/#photoViewer=/090615/481/383faf99533649c7bc4b9f2a555f322d|title=Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines|publisher=news.yahoo.com|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-date=19 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619191648/http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo/090615/481/383faf99533649c7bc4b9f2a555f322d#photoViewer=/090615/481/383faf99533649c7bc4b9f2a555f322d|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Hureau, Jean. Iran Today, 2nd. Ed, editions j.a.</ref> It was commissioned by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the last [[Shah]] of Iran, to mark the [[2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire]] and completed in 1971. It also serves as the country's [[kilometre zero]].

After winning a competition, architect [[Hossein Amanat]] was tasked to design the tower. His ideas were based upon classical and [[Post-classical history|post-classical]] Iranian architecture,<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/07/090718_mg_azadi_sq_tehran.shtml|title=BBC فارسی – ايران – 'برج آزادی پس از۲۰ سال شسته می شود'|website=BBC Persian|date=18 July 2009 |access-date=1 September 2015|language=fa}}</ref> popular influences on art in the 1960s following the [[White Revolution]].