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Saadi Statue

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Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Saadi Statue
Phone:
+98 912 843 7139

Address:
Golestan Blvd | Golestan Square, Shiraz 71364, Iran

The Tomb of Saadi is a tomb and mausoleum dedicated to the Persian poet Saadi in the Iranian city of Shiraz. Saadi was buried at the end of his life at a Khanqah at the current location. In the 13th century a tomb built for Saadi by Shams al-Din Juvayni, the vizir of Abaqa Khan. In the 17th century, this tomb was destroyed. During the reign of Karim Khan was built a mausoleum of two floors of brick and plaster, flanked by two rooms. The current building was built between 1950 and 1952 to a design by the architect Mohsen Foroughi and is inspired by the Chehel Sotoun with a fusion of old and new architectural elements. Around the tomb on the walls are seven verses of Saadi’s poems.
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