Akbarieh Garden

🕰️When was it built?

The complex was built in several stages from the early Qajar era to the Pahlavi era. The old mansion belonged to Heshmat al-Molk, and the reception building was built by Shokat al-Molk. The garden was added to the National Heritage List in 1999 and inscribed as World Heritage in 2011 as part of the Persian Garden.

🏛️What was it built for?

The garden was used as a residence, for receiving guests and for government business. Today the central mansion is a museum of archaeology and anthropology, and other parts hold a carpet museum, a museum of notable people and a gallery.

👀What you will see

• The garden's main avenue, lined with tall pine trees on both sides, leading to the central mansion.
• The central mansion, with its hall of mirrors, its kolah-farangi dome and its muqarnas and rasmi-bandi decoration.
• The south garden, with a square pool and a square platform in the middle of it.
• The two-storey east building, whose passages once linked the main garden, the south garden and the stables.
• The main channel and the side channels, which carry water between the parts of this sloping garden.

🎒Good to know before you go

• The garden is built on sloping ground with the mansion at the higher end; wear comfortable walking shoes.