Fin Garden, Kashan, Iran
Fin Garden or Bagh-e Fin as one of the nine Persian gardens registered on UNESCO world Heritage list, is located in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran. The history of the garden dates back to the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century and restored in the 19th century. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajarid chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah in 1852. Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran.
Fin garden covers an area of 33,700 square meters, surrounded by walls with four circular towers. The layout for this kind of gardens dates back to the time of Cyrus the Great. One of the most prominent features of them is a principle of ‘four gardens’ – square garden is divided into four parts by waterways. They represent the harmony of four Zoroastrian elements, sky, earth, water, and plants.
Fin Garden as a splendid sample of Persian gardens exhibits a good combination of nature, culture, history and architecture. All architectural elements are elaborately applied to make a masterpiece. The construction of the pavilion in the middle of the garden along with two dynamics elements of trees and water flow altogether bring about the identity for this cultural and historical attraction. Water plays a vital role in the design of Fin Garden. There are also hundreds of cypresses plus several plan trees in it.
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