مهدی نوابی

Cities consist from different factors.   Two major factors in the formation of the cities are cultural and social with skeletal and material phenomenon.

  keletal factors in the comparison with social and cultural phenomenon have more tangible issues and they are more specific than them. But in the social phenomenon most of the factors are less tangible.

One of them is the lack of identity. Identity usually demonstrates the qualities that often separate somethings from the others. Nowadays most of the cities are developing not only based on their true identities rather they based on the blind imitation of developed countries appearances . and this matter annihilates the identity of historical cities,

Identity contains from two different parts: first creating memory in a person’s mind and second recognition and self independence. for the historical and ancient cities there are lots of hazards in the road of development, also there can be a lots of opportunities and potentials in this path.

Once most of the historical cities had a key role in the political, social and economic structure of the country. But they lost their true color to the modern metropolises around them. So their cultural identity has changed and their historical heritage have vastly neglected. Tourism industry plays a key role in absorbing the tourists and fixing their gaze on these type of cities. Rey city has been considered as Capital in different eras and dynasties also an important metropolis in the silk road path.