About Pasargad in Fars
province
This palace is 600 meters to the northeast of the Koorush
shrine. The area of this palace is 2,620 square meters and
includes a large hall (with eight columns) in the middle and
four terraces in four directions and two rooms in the corners.
To the east of the palace is Pasargadae, composed of a large
hall with eight columns
There is a doorway on the north, east and western side of this hall. In the northern doorway, there is an impression of a winged human with two wings directed towards the sky and two wings to the bottom. Where as the hands are raised towards the sky in a gesture of prayer
This edifice with 3,427 square meters area, is located 15 km.
northwest of the palace. The main hall has 30 columns made of
white stone. A mass of black and white stones have been used as
construction material. One of the characteristics of Pasargadae
is the canals made of white stone, which were used, for
irrigation.
There are equally other remains distributed in the province,
some registered as national heritage monuments. These include
the ruins of the Achaemenian Dynasty (Saravan Village), the
Dokhtar Palace (Rastaq Village) dating back to the 3rd century
AD, the restored Sassanian Palace (Sarvestan) dating originally
back to the time of Bahram Gour (year 420 AD), Ardeshir Babakan
Palace Marvdasht
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about Baghe Fin (Fin Garden) in Esfahan
province
The Bagh-i-Shah of Fin is a palace that combines the
architectural features of the Safavid, Zandiyeh and Qajar
periods.
It is famous for its abundant water-supply (Cheshmeh Sulaimani),
a garden thick with trees, a pool with numerous spouts, and an
old historical bathing-house (where Amir Kabir was murdered.)
The original construction of the park and the Suffehs are attributed to the reigns of Shah Safi and Shah Sulaiman, the Safavid monarchs, which later on have been expanded and repaired under other Safavid kings.
The present remains consist of two suffehs known as Shah Abbassi
and Fath Ali Shahi, a structure called Karim Khani, and its
famous bathing-house
In a part of the park, a building has been museum is housed.
The Shah Abbassi suffeh is actually a two-story building which
is situated almost at the centre of the park facing the
impressive portal.
At the center of the suffeh, there is a beautiful pool. Upon the
walls and on the ceiling of the suffeh, traces of Safavid color
paintings can be seen.
These paintings include views of hunting-grounds, portraits of
princes, etc
The frieze of the suffeh is of marble, of which only some
fragments have survived. The other covered suffeh, known as Fath
Ali Shahi has been constructed in A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811), and in
the interior of this structure, these exist some paintings
depicting different sceneries as well as a plaster inscription
in Nastaliq script. Most of the verses included in it have
disappeared.
The poet`s name is Khavari and that of the calligrapher,
Muhammad Taqi Husseini who has done the work in A.H. 1226 (A.D.
1811). The present portal of the park belongs to the Qajar
period, around which remains of a guard-house and some other
structures can be seen.
On the whole, the Bagh-i-Shah of Fin counts amongst the most
beautiful ancient parks of Iran as regards its location, a
bountiful fountain called Sultani, numerous old trees, tall
cypresses, pools and streams of flowing water and numerous
spouts
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