Free Niavaran Complex Tour

Niavaran Palace and Garden were originally built for Fath Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty in a crump of reeds out of that time’s Tehran. It was used as the shah’s summer residence for it was located in the mountains and had nice weather. Later, several palaces were constructed in the garden by his successors and Mohammad Reza Shah of Pahlavi dynasty. At the time of the second Pahlavi shah, it was one of the main dwellings of the shah and his family. Today, there remains the main palace of Niavaran Garden reconstructed at the time of Muhammad Reza Shah, the palace built at the time of Naser al-Din Shah, the mansion built at the time of Ahmed Shah, as well as the buildings made as museums at the time of the second shah of Pahlavi dynasty to display contemporary art and ancient findings.