- Sadabad Palace
The Sadabad Palace (Persian:کاخ سعدآباد "Sa`dābād") is a palace built by the
Pahlavi dynasty ofIran in theShemiran area ofTehran .The complex was first inhabited by
Qajar monarchs and royal family in the 19th century. After an expansion of the compounds,Reza Shah lived there in the 1920s. And his son,Mohammad Reza Pahlavi moved there in the 1970s.After the
Iranian Revolution , the complex became amuseum . However, the current presidential palace is located adjacent to the Sa'd Abad compound.Present Use
Currently, parts of the Sadabad Palace compound are museums, in which visitors can roam through and look at the rich history of Iran, and some parts of the compound are used by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization which is responsilbe for most of the artifacts, locations, and cultural aspects of Iran.Also, the palace named "Kakhe malakeye madar" nowadays belongs to the presidency organization, and hosts the president's foreign guests.
Location
ََAddress: N0 50.- Kamal Taheri St.- Za'feraniyeh- Vali'Asr Ave.- Tehran,Iran
Tel: +98 21 222823031-3
آدرس:
تهران- خیابان ولیعصر – نرسیده به تجریش- خیابان شهید فلاحی ( زعفرانیه ) – انتهای خیابان شهید کمال طاهریGallery
Gates
:1. Nezamieh Gate, from which
Reza Shah came into the complex.:2. Za'feranieh Gate:3. Darband Street Gate, from which Mohammad Reza Shah came into the complex.:4. Darband Square Gate:5. Ja'far Abad Gate (1st):6. Ja'far Abad Gate (2nd):7. River Gate:8. White House GateCastles
In total, Sa'dabad Palace contains 18 castles or houses, they are:
:1. Ahmad shah Castle (Currently used by the Women's Basij):2. Shahvand Castle (Currently Green Museum):3. White Castle or White House (Currently the National Museum Castle):4. Special Castle (Museum of Natural History of the past, currently used by the president.):5. Black Castle (كاخ اسود) (Currently the Museum of Current Arts):6. Shams Castle (Currently the Museum of Human Studies):7. Ashraf Castle (Named after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's twin sister, Currently the Museum of Historical Plates):8. Gholam Reza Castle:9. Mother's Queen Castle (Currently the Republic Building):10. Ahmad Reza Castle:11. Abdol Reza Castle (Sa'adabad Control Center):12. Bahman Pahlavi Castle (Named after Gholam Reza's son, Currently the Training Center):13. Shahram Castle (Named after
Ashraf Pahlavi 's son, Currently the Military Museum):14. Farideh Diba:15. Valiahd Reza Pahlavi Castle (1st castle, Currently the Museum of Behzad):16. Valiahd Reza Pahlavi Castle (2nd castle, Currently the Museum of Dafineh):17. Farahnaz and Ali Reza Castle (Children of Reza Pahlavi, Currently the Museum of Calligraphy and book of Mir Emad):18. Leila Castleee also
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Pahlavi dynasty
*History of Iran
*Iranian architecture External links
* [http://www.saadabadpalace.org/ Official website]
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