Residence Royal Bagh Shah Fin by Pascal Coste

Fin Garden ( ''Bagh-e Fin'') is a historical Persian garden located in

Kashan Kashan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kashan County), Central District of Kashan County, in the northern part of Isfahan province, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History Earlies ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah in 1852. Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran.

History

The origins of the garden may be anterior to the Safavid period; some sources indicate that the garden has been relocated from another place, but no clear picture of it has been found. The settlements of the garden in its present form was built under the reign of Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), as a traditional bagh near the village of Fin, located a few kilometres southwest of

. The garden subsequently suffered from neglect and was damaged several times until, in 1935, it was listed as a national property of

. On 2007, 8 September, Bagh-e Fin was submitted to the

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's Tentative List. Unesco declared the garden a

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on July 18, 2012.

Structure

The garden covers 2.3

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s with a main yard surrounded by ramparts with four circular towers. In keeping with many of the Persian gardens of this era, the Fin Garden employs a great many water features. Fin Garden Kushak.jpg, Kushak, part of the Bagh-e Fin Garden in Kashan Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 13.jpg Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 15.jpg, The ''Kushak'' is located in the central part of the garden. Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 16.jpg, Detail of the ceiling of the ''Kushak''. Fingarden4.jpg, Fingarden3.jpg, Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 17.jpg, Picture 210.jpg, Kiosque Bagh Shah Fin by Pascal Coste.jpg, Fingarden6.jpg, Fine Kashan - Persian.JPG, Fine Kashan - English.JPG, Kiosk Fin - Fin , near Kashan by Eugène Flandin.jpg, Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 14.jpg

References

External links

Fin Garden at ArchNetFin Garden at sartar.ir
{{Esfahan Province World Heritage Sites in Iran Parks in Iran Museums in Iran Persian gardens in Iran Buildings and structures in Kashan Tourist attractions in Kashan 1590 establishments in Asia 1590s establishments in Iran Buildings and structures on the Iran National Heritage List