Category: Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. It has a population of 8 million and is the 25th most populous city in the world. This city has many places, no matter what the traffic, and its air pollution, it is a sight to behold. Saad Abad Historical Cultural Complex is a collection of mansions and palaces built in Darband, the northern most affluent and most humid area of Alvand, on a land of 2 hectares. The complex has about 1 hectare of natural forests, springs, aqueducts, gardens, greenhouses and streets.  It is bounded on the north by the Alborz Mountains, on the east by Gulab Dare, on the west by Velenjak and on the south by Tajrish. The Jafarabad River runs through the palace. The average annual temperature in the region is estimated to be 12.9 degrees Celsius, and is 1650 to 1800 meters above sea level. During the first Pahlavi period, the whole of Saadabad Gardens was drunk by the Darband River; However, during the Second Pahlavi period, twelve old and newly constructed aqueducts were used to irrigate the river at half-time, and the river was not sufficient for irrigation throughout the complex. The Saadabad complex has spent four historical dynasties: in Qajar, Pahlavi I and Pahlavi II and after the Iranian Revolution. Saadabad was built in the Qajar dynasty and was the summer residence of the kings of this dynasty. After the coup d’état and its capture by the Akbari dynasty, numerous buildings and mansions were built on it, amounting to 18 palaces in various dimensions. Each of the buildings was the residence of a Pahlavi dynasty. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi also settled in the area in the 1971s, which was completed during his early reign. The newest palace in this collection is Leila Pahlavi’s palace, which