Fin garden

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Kushk in Bāgh-e Fin, Kashan
In the Bāgh-e Fin

The Fin Garden ( Persian باغ فين Bāgh-e Fin , DMG Bāġ-e Fīn ) is a Persian garden near the village of Fin, a few kilometers southwest of Kashan in Iran . He combines architectural elements from the Safavid - Zand- and Qajar . With its numerous fountains , water basins, watercourses and old trees, it is one of the most famous and beautiful gardens in Iran.

In the western part of the garden is the National Museum of Kashan with archaeological finds from Tappe Sialk , Tschoga Zanbil , Hasanlu , Khorvin and Lorestan, among others . In addition, ethnographic objects, calligraphies ( Nastaliq ) by artists from the Qajar period and contemporary handicrafts are on display.

history

The origins of the garden are said to date back to before the Safavids. Remnants of an older garden should therefore have been left behind in favor of the new construction of the garden. But this has not yet been proven. A description of the Bāgh-e Fīn from 1504, when the Safavid ruler Ismail was received here, has survived.

In its current form, the garden was built under the Safavid ruler Abbas I (1571–1629) as a traditional Persian garden, as a description from the time of Abbas II shows. It has not been preserved. The garden was understood as a vision of paradise.

Under Abbas II (1633–1666) and under the Qajar ruler Fatḥ ʿAli Shah (1799–1834), the garden was expanded and partially rebuilt. All of the buildings still visible today go back to Fatḥ ʿAli Shah. In 1852, Mirza Taghi Chan, known as Amir Kabir , prime minister of the Qajar ruler Nāser ad-Din Shah , was murdered here; as it is said, through a messenger from the ruler. After that, the garden lay fallow for a long time and was destroyed several times by 1935. The garden was made in 1935 and listed in 2007 for the list of UNESCO - World Heritage proposed to which it was added to the 2011th

Building the garden

The Fin Garden is 2.3 hectares in size and is surrounded by a protective wall with four round towers. Similar to many other gardens in the province , the fin garden has several water-bearing elements. These are mainly fed from the Soleymaniyeh source with the help of the Qanat system . The water pressure is so high that a number of pools and fountains can operate without mechanical pumps. There are numerous cypress trees in the garden .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See article on Bāgh-e Fin (UNESCO web link)
  2. ↑ Donald N. Wilber 1957, Bāgh-e Fīn near Kashan. Ars Orientalis 2, 506-508
  3. ↑ Donald N. Wilber 1957, Bāgh-e Fīn near Kashan. Ars Orientalis 2, 506-508
  4. ↑ Donald N. Wilber 1957, Bāgh-e Fīn near Kashan. Ars Orientalis 2, 506-508
  5. ^ Lonley Planet Iran, Andrew Burke and Virginia Maxwell, 2012

Coordinates: 33 ° 56 ′ 45 ″  N , 51 ° 22 ′ 18 ″  E