By AIC News - Posted on July 26th, 2011
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Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in the southern Kerman Province on Thursday, in an official ceremony to celebrate the registration of Shahzadeh Mahan Garden on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.In what was the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO decided to register the Iranian garden on its list.
The Shahzadeh Mahan Garden, which is located at 35 km southeast of Kerman city, was constructed during the Qajar dynasty, at the time of the 11-year old sovereignty of Abdolhamid Mirza Naseroldoleh.
However, Shahzadeh Mahan Garden is not the first or the only Iranian garden that has been registered on UNESCO’s list; rather it is the ninth.
Former gardens that have been featured on the World Heritage List include: Pasargad (Isfahan), Eram (Shiraz), Dowlatabad (Yazd), Pahlevanpur (Mehriz), Chehelsotoun (Isfahan), Fin (Kashan), Abbasabad (Behshahr) and Akbarieh (Birjan).
Each garden has a distinctive flavor and provides visitors with a unique atmosphere, a rich ambience and genuine experience; one that exemplifies the growth and diversity of Persian garden designs; as each evolved through time, adapting to climate conditions and historical events.
The gardens originate from different points of history, each spanning generations and carrying through its foundations the story of its times. The different origins also point to the various constructs employed; the gardens consist of buildings, pavilions and walls, as well as sophisticated irrigation systems. They have even influenced the art of garden design from as far reaches as India to Spain.
This article originally appeared in PressTV on July 21, 2011.