Narenjestan
Narenjestan is a mansion and beauty garden built during the Qajar time( its about 180 years old)
This place belonged to the qavam ol-mulk family,which they were local rulers of shiraz during the Qajar period,and used Narenjestan as a court house and a place for people to visit and convene public meeting.
It took about 12 years to build this magnificent mansion
The porch or the mirror hall is located in the middle of the mansion , and the rooms are located in the left and right sides
On the pilins( lower part of the building)design of lion and achaemenid soldiers have been carved into imitation of Persepolis
Narenjestan is a magnificent example of the carving , architecture, painting and mirror work ,of the Qajar time.
Professor Arthur Abraham pop a famous Iranian scholar, studied here. He brought the objects and antiques obtained in his research trips . This is the start for the formation of a museum in the basement of Narenjestan
