Chahar Bagh, Iran

Chahar Bagh, Iran

Chahar Bagh (Persian: چهارباغ, translation: "Four Gardens") is an avenue in Isfahan constructed in the Safavid era of Iran. Shah Abbas I was the king who changed his capital from Qazvin to Esfahan and decided to pour all the countries artistic wealth into that central spot which has been dubbed for centuries nisfi jahan or "Half the World".

Chaharbagh Boulevard is a historical boulevard in the city of Isfahan in Iran dating from the Saffavid era. The avenue is the most historically famous in all of Persia. The famous Champs-Élysées boulevard (Paris) was designed after this beautiful inner-city laneFact|date=April 2008.

It connects north of city to south and is about 15 kilometers long.

Chahar Bagh has also come to mean any rectangular or square garden of four symmetric sections, as for the Gardens of Paradise at the "Taj Mahal" in India.


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