“Eram” is the Persian name for paradise, and this walled garden lives up to it. Laid out on a slope in the north-west of Shiraz, it follows the classic Persian garden plan: a water channel running down the central axis, rows of tall cypresses and orange trees, and a pavilion reflected in a long pool. Together with eight other historic gardens it forms the UNESCO World Heritage Site “The Persian Garden”.
The three-storey Qajar pavilion is decorated with tilework showing figures from Persian legend and poetry. Today the garden belongs to Shiraz University and doubles as a botanical garden, with hundreds of plant species and some of the oldest cypresses in the city — a cool, fragrant escape on a warm afternoon.
Highlights
- The Qajar pavilion reflected in its pool
- Avenues of centuries-old cypresses
- Rose beds and orange trees in spring
- Tile panels of Persian heroes and poets
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