Mellat Park ( fa, پارک ملت ), literally the Nation Park, is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

in northern

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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. It is one of the city's largest green spaces, situated adjacent to

Valiasr Street Valiasr Street ( fa, خیابان ولیعصر) is a tree-lined street in Tehran, Iran, dividing the metropolis into western and eastern parts built in 1922 to 1927, considering the end of asphalt plan it ended in 1933. It is considered one of ...

at the foot of the

Alborz The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...

mountains to the east, extending to

Chamran Expressway Shahid Chamran Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه شهید چمران), Also known as Parkway Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه پارک‌وی) is an Limited-access road, expressway in Tehran, Iran, leading from Tohid Square to Parkway Junction. Cha ...

and

Seoul Street Seoul Street ( fa, خیابان سئول) is a street that runs in the north of Tehran, Iran, close to the city's Evin district. Name On 27 June 1977, the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the cities of Seoul (the capital of South Kore ...

to the west. It is watered by winter-snow streams coming down from Mount Tochal. The park lies in the southern grounds of

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and the Enghelab Club. It is home to one of the first

musical fountain A musical fountain, also known as a fairy fountain, prismatic fountain or dancing fountain, is a type of choreographed fountain that creates aesthetic designs as a form of entertainment. The displays are commonly synchronised to music and also ...

s in Tehran, and includes facilities such as playgrounds, snack bars, cafes, and a small aviary. There is also a

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at the southeastern edge of the park. Before the

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, it was known as the

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Park ( ). It is also the location of a steam-powered

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used on Iran's first railway section, built between 1886 and 1888. The locomotive was built by

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group

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, commissioned in 1887.

Mellat Gallery and Cineplex

Mellat Gallery and Cineplex is located to the southeast of the park. It was designed by architects Reza Daneshmir and Catherine Spiridonoff in an area of about 6,000 square meters, and was first opened during a ceremony on November 9, 2008. The complex includes four theater halls, a

cinematheque A cinematheque is an archive of films and film-related objects with an exhibition venue. Similarly to a book library (bibliothèque in French), a cinematheque is responsible for preserving and making available to the public film heritage. Typica ...

, and a space for holding exhibitions and marketing cultural products.

Gallery

2008 Park Mellat Tehran 3165585057.jpg, Mount Tochal seen from Mellat Park. Amingholamali Melat park tehran1.JPG, A cafeteria inside Mellat Park. Mellat Cinema and Gallery, Tehran.jpg, Mellat Cineplex 2005 Mellat Park Tehran 8695376.jpg, People walking at Mellat Park. A fall in Nation Park, Tehran City.JPG, Mellat Park in autumn. 13990902000894637416675189899095 باران در پایتخت.jpg, Mellat Park in autumn. Melat Park in snow.jpg, Mellat Park in winter. Flowers - Melat Park 2.jpg, Yellow tulips at Mellat Park. Vulture's head Park Mellat Tehran.JPG, A vulture at the aviary of Mellat Park. Fountain at Mellat Park, Tehran - panoramio - hassan jafari.jpg, Fountains at Mellat Park.

References

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