The Mythological-Functional Role of Cheshme Ali Damghan Throughout History

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The desirability of the artificial space, its sanctity and beauty in Iran is dependent on the presence of three elements: water, trees, mountains or hills. The importance of this triad in giving identity and giving meaning to Iranian spaces has determined various ritual places, cities and villages or architectural buildings. This link is a factor in the creation of place as the starting point of a concept, the source of life and the purpose of exploring a community in creating other events. Understanding the meaning in a place is based on nature, arising from stimuli and objective aspects. In this process, the space is identified with its elements and provides the context for the emergence of meaning in the place.
Cheshme Ali Damghan is one of the ancient examples of the Iranian spatial triad, which gave identity to the rich concepts of people's beliefs and beliefs in objective aspects. Ritual and sacred concepts of Cheshma Ali Damghan, act as a medium to express the value of meaning with factors such as events, rituals, social behaviors and spatial arrangement, and will determine the value and meaning limits in the place. The meaning discussed here refers to the production of a conceptual place created by people as a natural result of their interaction with the built environment. The main purpose of protecting the three sacred concepts in this place is to try to maintain and continue a relationship based on experience between people and their environment, through which the concept of meaning

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Tourism of Culture
Volume 3, Issue 9
August 2022
Pages 55-64

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  • Receive Date: 24 July 2022
  • Revise Date: 28 July 2022
  • Accept Date: 30 July 2022

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