World Heritage Identification Number: 1372
World Heritage since: 2011
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Asia and the Pacific
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The Persian Garden: A Timeless Symphony of Nature and Architecture
The Persian Garden, officially recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 2011, represents a unique blend of nature, architecture, and cultural heritage that has left an indelible mark on garden design across continents. This article delves into the history, characteristics, and influence of these iconic gardens that trace their origins back to the Achaemenid Empire (6th century BC).
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of Cyrus the Great, 6th century BC. Always divided into four sectors, with water playing an important role for both irrigation and ornamentation, the Persian garden was conceived to symbolize Eden and the four Zoroastrian elements of sky, earth, water and plants. These gardens, dating back to different periods since the 6th century BC, also feature buildings, pavilions and walls, as well as sophisticated irrigation systems. They have influenced the art of garden design as far as India and Spain.
Encyclopedia Record: Persian gardens
In garden design, Persian garden or Iranian garden is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire. Nine historical gardens, all of them in Iran, have been inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites as The Persian Garden since 2011.Additional Site Details
Area: 716.35 hectares
(ii) — Significant interchange of human values
(iii) — Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
(vi) — Directly associated with events or living traditions
Coordinates: 30.1666666667 , 53.1666666667
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