Qajar & modern

Palaces, pavilions, towers and revival forms.

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Golestan Palace — Royal complex blending Persian craft with European influences.

Azadi Tower — Modern icon fusing Achaemenid and Islamic geometries.

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque — The "Pink Mosque" of Shiraz, whose stained-glass windows fill the prayer hall with coloured morning light.

Tabatabaei House — A merchant's mansion of courtyards, sunken gardens and wind-catchers, a model of the Iranian house.

Eram Garden — A Shiraz garden of cypress avenues and water channels around a Qajar pavilion with tiled facades.