about Darvazeh
Bagh e Melli in Tehran province
(in IRAN)
This imposing brick gateway, decorated with high Haft Rangi
tiles, was built in 1922 by command of Reza Khan when he was
minister of War.
It faces what it used to be the Ministry of War, an old Qajar
building a few hundred yards to the north; the space between was
for many years a big military parade ground, the Maidan-i-Mashq,
but has now been built over.
On the right through the gateway are the large police
headquarters, built in neo-Achaemenian style during Reza Shah`s
reign; on the left a museum completed in 1967, and the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Apart from numerous faience inscriptions, the tiling on both
sides of the gateway illustrates military subjects such as
machine guns and soldiers. The main faience inscription over the
central arch, which is crowned by a chamber where military music
was played, is an Arabic and records well-known words of the
Prophet Muhammad as quoted by the Imam Reza.
Another inscription states that the gateway`s wrought-iron work
was made in the Tehran arsenal
...YES! IRAN IS BEAUTIFUL
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