Construction of Khayyam statues
Construction of Khayyam statues for Tehran and Florence enters final stage
Making a pair of Khayyam statues, one of which is scheduled to be installed in Tehran and the other in the Italian city of Florence, will soon be completed. The Iranian sculptor Hossein Fakhimi began making the statues in 2000 with sponsorship from the Iranian Embassy in Rome, the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.
(Tehran Times, Jan. 10, 2011)