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Afif-Abad Garden
باغ عفیف آباد
Royal Palace of Afif-Abad Garden in Shiraz, Persia, 2013.jpg
Royal Palace of the Golshan Garden
Established 1863
Location Shiraz, Iran
Type Persian Garden
Owner Iranian Army

Afif-Abad Garden (Persian: باغ عفیف آباد - Bāq-i Afif-Ābād), originally the Gulshan Garden (Persian: باغ گلشن - Bāq-i Gulshan), is a museum complex in Shiraz, Iran.

History

During the Safavid dynasty, it was used as a palace by the Safavid Kings.

Afif abad in water
Reflection of Afifabad garden building in the central garden howz

In 1962, it was restored by the army. It now functions as a weapons museum.

Gallery

  • Afif Abād Garden 2

    Another view of the palace

  • AFIF ABAD, shiraz

    View from the entrance

  • Sarbaz afif abad

    A relief of a Qajar soldier on one of the walls of the mansion

  • Afif Abād Garden 5

    View of the garden and mansion

  • Afif Abād Garden 3

    Hall of the palace

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