Pars Museum
The Pars Museum is a museum in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. Founded in 1936 under Reza Shah Pahlavi, it is located in Nazar Garden. The octagonal building was the place in which royal guests were hosted by the Zand dynasty of Iran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “‘Emārat-e Kolāh-e Farang va Mūzeh-ye Fārs”, “Kolah Farangi Mansion (Shiraz)”, “Muzeh-ye Pars”, and “Mūzeh-ye Pārs”
- Address: زیر گذر زند, شیراز, 7137747338
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vakil Bathhouse and South Vakil Bazaar.
Vakil Bathhouse
Photo: Arosha-photo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vakil Bath, Wakil Bath, or Wakil Hammam is a Zand era public bathhouse in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign which included the Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, and Vakil Mosque, among other administrative buildings. Vakil Bathhouse is situated 150 metres south of Pars Museum.
South Vakil Bazaar
Marketplace
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Vakil Bazaar is a bazaar in central Shiraz, Iran. South Vakil Bazaar is situated 240 metres southeast of Pars Museum.
Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine
Mosque
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The Shah Cheragh is a Twelver Shi'ite funerary monument and religious complex located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars, Iran. The 12th-century complex is centred around the mausoleum of Sayyid Ahmad, the son of Musa al-Kazim, who is known as Shah Cheragh in local traditions, and hence the building's name. Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine is situated 710 metres south of Pars Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shiraz and Golestan Square.
Shiraz
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Shiraz is the capital city of the Fars province and a treasure trove of Persian culture. It was the capital of Iran during the Zand dynasty's era, and is the celebrated birthplace of the great Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.
Golestan Square
Neighborhood
Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which is historically known by the exonym Persia proper. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants.
Roknabad
Neighborhood
Shahrak-e Roknabad is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,397, in 2,827 families. Roknabad is situated 7 km north of Pars Museum.
Pars Museum
- Categories: pavilion, mansion, cultural property, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.61595° or 29° 36′ 57″ northLongitude
52.54502° or 52° 32′ 42″ eastElevation
1,528 metres (5,013 feet)Operator
اداره کل میراث فرهنگی، صنایع دستی و گردشگری استان فارسOpen location code
7HXJJG8W+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 6401738023OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
12527080Wikidata ID
Q846317
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Pars Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պարս թանգարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Pars Muzeyi”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی پارس”
- Dutch: “Parsmuseum”
- French: “Musée Pars”
- German: “Pars-Museum”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון פארס”
- Italian: “Museo Pars”
- Japanese: “シーラーズ・パールス博物館”
- Persian: “آرامگاه کریم خان زند”
- Persian: “آرامگاهٔ کریم خان زند”
- Persian: “ارامگاه کریم خان زند”
- Persian: “ارامگاهٔ کریم خان زند”
- Persian: “عمارت کلاه فرنگ و موزه فارس”
- Persian: “مقبره کریم خان زند”
- Persian: “موزه پارس”
- Persian: “موزهٔ پارس”
- Russian: “Музей Парс”
- Spanish: “Museo Pars”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Парс”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pars Museum”. Photo: Hooman Mallahzadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0.