President Opens Fin Garden Commemoration Ceremony

Kashan, Isfahan Prov, July 18, IRNA – A ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of registration of the Fin Garden on the UNESCO world list was inaugurated in the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in this historical city, in central Iran, on Wednesday. Fin Garden, as a historical Persian heritage, dates back to the Safavid dynasty and comprises a large garden and Fin Bath where the Qajar chancellor Amir Kabir was murdered during an assassination planned by the King Nassereddin Shah’s men in 1852. The Garden was listed as a national property of Iran in 1935 and was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 along with 8 other Iranian heritage sites. Iran’s two other Persian cultural heritage sites, Jame' Mosque and Gonbad-e Qabus tower were recently inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List during its 36th session held in St. Petersburg, Russia from June 24 to July 6, 2012./end