The Tehran Municipality Palace () was a building in
Toopkhaneh square
ToopKhāneh (; which literally means "Artillery Barracks"), also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major town square ('':wikt:meidan, Maidan-e Toopkhaneh'') and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of Tehran, Iran. It was built in 1867 b ...
,
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
,
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 served as the office for Tehran municipality for over 4 devades before its demolition in 1969.
History
After the
1921 coup in Iran that led to
Zia ol Din Tabatabaee
Seyyed Zia al-Din Tabataba'i Yazdi (; June 1889 – 29 August 1969) was an Iranian journalist and Persian Constitutional Revolution, pro-Constitution politician who, with the help of Reza Shah, spearheaded the 1921 Persian coup d'état and aim ...
becoming prime minister of Iran, an
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
named
Kasbar Ipegian became the acting mayor of Tehran. Ipegian ordered the construction of a municipality building in
Toopkhaneh square
ToopKhāneh (; which literally means "Artillery Barracks"), also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major town square ('':wikt:meidan, Maidan-e Toopkhaneh'') and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of Tehran, Iran. It was built in 1867 b ...
to centralize affairs in the city. After
Reza Khan
Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...
was crowned Shah of Iran in 1925,
Karim Buzarjomehri became the mayor of Tehran and the building was completed. The building was demolished in 1969 for unknown reasons.
File:Sakhteman Shahrdari Tehran.jpg
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File:Shahrdari Building Tehran 1930s.jpg
References
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Demolished buildings and structures in Iran
Pahlavi Iran
Buildings and structures demolished in 1969