Persian Garden

ペルシャ庭園 / 6th century BC– / Style / Garden Styles

The origin of the chahar bagh, quartered by crossing water channels: a walled paradise of water and shade built against the desert. It gave the word paradise its meaning and the garden its archetype from Islam to the Mughals.

Fourfold division by water / Axial basins and channels / The walled paradise / Shaded avenues

Persian Garden — フィン庭園（CC BY-SA 4.0）Persian Garden — フィン庭園の水路（CC BY-SA 4.0）
フィン庭園（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ フィン庭園の水路（CC BY-SA 4.0）

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the chahar bagh structure / Pasargadae / qanat water engineering

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