Eram Garden

🕰️When was it built?

The exact date the garden was founded is not known, and dating it to the Seljuk era is not certain. The present mansion took shape in the Qajar era, and the Qashqai and Nasir al-Molk families played a part in building and owning it. The garden was later handed to Shiraz University.

🏛️What was it built for?

The garden was once a residence, and today its botanical collection is run by Shiraz University. The rooms on the ground floor of the mansion were used for resting in the summer heat, and a stream inside the hozkhaneh hall runs to the pool in front of the building.

👀What you will see

• The garden's central avenue has rows of cypresses, among them a tall sarv-e naz cypress.
• The three-storey mansion has a tile panel on its front with three arches and scenes from the Shahnameh.
• The main iwan has two columns, decorated at the top with figures of men in Qajar dress.
• Around the grounds, bitter orange trees and cypresses are planted beside flowers and ornamental trees.
• Old iron windows at the foot of the two-columned iwan mark the entrance to the mansion's cellar.

🎒Good to know before you go

• When you look at the mansion front, notice the tile scenes above the iwan and the faces on the columns too; their details differ.