Iran Golestan Palace

A short history of the Golestan Palace The oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran, the Golestan Palace (palace of flowers) belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran’s Historic Arg (citadel). The Arg was built during the reign of Tahmasb I (r.1524-1576) of the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736), and was later
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