Kuh-e Sangi Park

Mashhad County, Iran

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Kuh-e Sangi Park is the second largest recreational, scientific, and park complex in Mashhad, Iran, built in the Pahlavi architectural style. Developed during the 1961 expansion of Mashhad, the park became connected to the city center via Kuh-e Sangi Street, a wide wooded thoroughfare that linked to Foozia Street and the railway station. The site's hard granite stones were historically quarried for materials used in Nader Afshar's tomb. The Great Krason Museum, designed by Dariush Mirfendereski in 1977 and modeled on the architecture of Kalat Nader Palace, was constructed within the park, though its building was delayed until 2014 following the Islamic Revolution. The park once featured Pahlavi-era symbols and sculptures atop its peak and near its pool and restaurant facilities, which were removed after the revolution. Mashhad's first zoo was originally established on the park's western slope but was evacuated and replaced with a tower after the 1979 revolution.

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Pahlavi architecture

Type: park
Place: Mashhad County, Iran

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