Neshat Garden, Lar

🕰️When was it built?

The mansion of Neshat Garden dates from the Afsharid era, in the 12th century AH (18th century). The bath in the north of the complex is attributed to the Safavid era, so not all the buildings of the garden were built at the same time. The site was added to the National Heritage List in the summer of 1974 as number 973.

🏛️What was it built for?

After the Safavid era the mansion was the seat of government of Lar, and the bath inside the complex had separate spaces for changing, washing and keeping cold and hot water. The garden's green space surrounds the buildings, so the complex is more than a mansion apart from a garden. In modern times the bath's changing hall became an anthropology museum.

👀What you will see

• The second floor of the stucco-decorated mansion has decoration whose upper parts have been given a protective covering.
• In the basement of the mansion, pierced stone windows and a pool are among the parts covered by the restoration work.
• The bath is on the north side of the garden and has a changing hall, a hot room and cold and hot water pools.
• The flower-and-nightingale designs in the bath are carved in lime plaster, unlike the stucco of the main mansion.

🎒Good to know before you go

• In the bath, look closely at the flower-and-nightingale lime carvings and compare them with the plaster decoration of the mansion.