Fin Garden () is a historic Persian garden located in Kashan, Iran. It contains Kashan's Fin Bathhouse, where Amir Kabir, the Qajar era chancellor, was assassinated by the order of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1852. Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran.
History
The origins of the garden may be anterior to the Safavid era; some sources indicate that the garden has been relocated from another place, but no clear picture of it has been found.
The settlements of the garden in its present form was built during the reign of Abbas the Great (), as a traditional bagh near the village of Fin, located a few kilometres southwest of Kashan.
thumb|upright=1.2|Drawing by [[Pascal Coste, 1840]]
The garden subsequently suffered from neglect and was damaged several times until, in 1935, it was listed as a national property of Iran.
National Museum of Kashan
The National Museum of Kashan, built in 1968, is situated in the western part of Fin Garden. It contains archaeological, ethnological and crafts. The archaeological objects were excavated in Chogha Zanbil, Teppe Hasanlu, and the nearby site of Tepe Sialk.
Gallery
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File:Kiosque Bagh Shah Fin by Pascal Coste.jpg|Fin garden by Pascal Coste, 1840
File:Kiosk Fin - Fin , near Kashan by Eugène Flandin.jpg|Fin garden by Eugène Flandin, 1840
File:Fin Garden Kushak.jpg|Kushak, part of the Bagh-e Fin Garden in Kashan
File:Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 13.jpg
File:Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 15.jpg|The Kushak is located in the central part of the garden.
File:Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 16.jpg|Detail of the ceiling of the Kushak.
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File:Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 17.jpg
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File:Fine Kashan - Persian.JPG
File:Fine Kashan - English.JPG
File:Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 14.jpg
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References
External links
- Fin Garden at ArchNet
- Fin Garden at sartar.ir