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Parks of Esfahan
Esfahan has a
good number of beautifully designed parks in addition to its
traditional gardens and promenades. The following is a short
listing of the main parks:
I. Bustan-e Sa'di, southwest of Pol-e Felezi (Steel Bridge).
2. Bustan-e Mellat, between the Steel Bridge and Sio Se Pol.
3. Bustan-e Ayeneh Khaneh, between the Khaju Bridge and Sio Se Pol.
4. Bustan-e Sahel, east ofKhaju Bridge.
5. Bustan-e Zayandeh Rud, northwest of the Steel Bridge. :
6. Bustan-e Kudak, northeast of the Steel Bridge.
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Menar-e
Junban
The
historic mausoleum called Menar-e Junban (The Shaking Minaret)
from the Mongol period and 6 km to the west of Esfahan,
consists of the tombstone of AInu Abdollah Karladani (bearing
the date 1316 AD) and two shaking minarets each soaring high
on either side of the mausoleum ivan, as the main
attraction of the place. If you climb up the very narrow
stairway to the top of one of these minarets and lean hard
against the wall it will start to sway back and forth, and so
will its twin, and the whole ivan, decorated with
polygonal azure tiles. Although by no means unique in this
respect, the Shaking Minarets of Esfahan are probably the most
famous of their kind. The site is open from 8 AM to 5 PM. |
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