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Safavid Charbagh Plan

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The chahar-bagh — "four gardens" — is the Persian plan of paradise: two cross-axis water channels dividing four planted quadrants, an earthly image of Eden. In Safavid Isfahan it endures as haft-rang tilework and knotted garden-carpets: turquoise water lines crossing deep-viridian parterres, every edge drawn in gold. This system rebuilds that fourfold order in the browser — rigorously axial, jewel-toned, laid on a deep paradise-green field rather than any pale ground.

Learn more about the Safavid Charbagh Plan style

  • OriginIsfahan, Persia (Iran)
  • Periodc. 1600 (Safavid Isfahan; concept ancient Achaemenid Persian)
  • DesignerShah Abbas I · Safavid court garden designers · Isfahan carpet workshops
  • MovementsPersian garden design · Safavid tile & garden-carpet arts

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