Eram Garden
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Shiraz, Iran
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Eram Garden (Persian: باغ ارم, romanized: Bāgh-e Eram) is a historic Persian garden in Shiraz, Iran. The garden, and the building within it, are located at the northern shore of the Khoshk River in the Fars province.
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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  Location within Iran | |
| Location | Shiraz, Fars province, Iran |
| Part of | The Persian Garden |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
| Reference | 1372-002 |
| Inscription | 2011 (35th Session) |
| Area | 12.7 ha (1,370,000 sq ft) |
| Buffer zone | 70.5 ha (7,590,000 sq ft) |
| Coordinates | 29°38′09″N 52°31′31″E |
History
The origins of the garden may go back to the 12th century, during the Seljuk era, when a garden later called Bagh-e Shah probably existed on this site up to the 18th century.[1][2] This may have influenced the overall layout of the current garden.[1]
The current garden and its pavilions were designed and built in the 19th century, during the Qajar era.[2] The garden was established in 1824[3][4] by Muhammad Qoli Khan Ilkhani, the chief of the Qashqai tribe.[3][1] At this time, it included a three-story residential pavilion with a front porch supported by two columns.[3] The estate was later sold to Nasir ol-Molk,[3] who commissioned the architect Muhammad Hasan (the same architect who worked on the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque) to rebuild the pavilion in its current form between 1875 and 1897.[3][5]
Today, Eram Garden is part of the Shiraz Botanical Garden[2] of Shiraz University. It is open to the public as a historic landscape garden. They are a World Heritage Site and protected by Iran's Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.
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