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Bagh-e Fin, Kashan


Fin Garden (Bagh-e Fin), is part of UNESCO'S Word Heritage List of Gardens.
For centuries clear crystal water has emerged from the natural spring at the base of the mountain near Kashan.
The garden was extensively developed by Shah Abbas I who built a double storey pool house at one end of the garden,
and the 500 year old Cyprus trees date from that era.

The gardens were very popular with subsequent Qajar royalty who built a highly decorative pavilion at the rear of the garden.
The sides of the pavilion are richly decorated with scenes from the stories of the great Persian Poets.
One of the stories is of handsome Siavash who was a major figure in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
He was so handsome that women fainted or cut themselves by accident when he entered the room.

The garden is also notorious for the murder of the Iranian Nationalist hero Amir Kabir, a modernising Prime Minister in the Qajar era.
He unfortunately became too popular and the King eventually had him murdered in the garden's Hammam.

Shah Abbas I Pool House, Bagh-e Fin
Shah Abbas I Pool House, Bagh-e Fin		 In conversation, Bagh-e Fin
In conversation, Bagh-e Fin		 Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Bagh-e Fin, Kashan
Bagh-e Fin, Kashan		 Bagh-e Fin, Kashan
Bagh-e Fin, Kashan		 Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative ceiling of the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Decorative scenes from the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin		 Royal portrait in the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin
Royal portrait in the Qajar Pavilion, Bagh-e Fin

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