Delgosha Garden

🕰️When was it built?

The garden's history is traced back to the Sasanian era, and it was flourishing and well known in the Timurid and Safavid periods too. After the damage of Nader Shah's time, it was brought back to life under Karim Khan Zand. The main pavilion dates from the Zand era, and there are also Qajar buildings in the complex.

🏛️What was it built for?

The garden was used for walks and rest, and the central pavilion had space for sitting and receiving guests. The building is made up of a hall with four shahneshins, and its iwan looks out over the pool in front. Qanat water and citrus trees are a key part of the garden's character.

👀What you will see

• The pavilion has three floors, and the middle-floor iwan with two columns faces the stone pool in front of the building.
• There are two entrances on either side of the pavilion, and inside you see mirror work, oil paintings and wooden ceilings.
• Stucco flowers and poems by Shourideh in nastaliq script around the iwan are among the building's decorations.
• Much of the garden is covered by bitter orange trees, with a smaller number of sweet orange trees among them.

💡Something interesting

It is said that Timur, after seeing Delgosha, built a garden of the same name in Samarkand. This story belongs to the garden's old fame; the buildings in Delgosha today do not all survive from Timur's time.

🎒Good to know before you go