Sadabad Palace
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The Sadabad Palace (کاخ سعدآباد in Persian) is a palace built by the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran in the Shemiran area of Tehran.
Reza Shah first lived there in the 1920s. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi moved there in the 1970s. After the Iranian Revolution it became a museum.
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[edit] Present Use
Currently, parts of the Sadabad Palace compound are museums, in which visitors can roam through and look at the rich history of Iran, and some parts of the compound are used by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization which is responsilbe for most of the artifacts, locations, and cultural aspects of Iran. Inside the complex, there is also a building which hosts foreign and important guests.
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 An interior view of the White Palace, depicting popular Persian mythology |
 The view of Tehran, from the treetops of the compound. |
 The White House is where Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's sister lived in. |
 Side view of the Green Palace in which both Reza Khan and Mohammad Reza Shah lived in for a while. |
 Shot of the White Palace exterior with the Touchal mountain in the background. |
[edit] Gates
- 1. Nezamieh Gate, from which Reza Shah came into the complex from.
- 2. Za'feranieh Gate
- 3. Darband Street Gate, from which Mohammad Reza Pahlavi came into the complex from.
- 4. Darband Square Gate
- 5. Ja'far Abad Gate (1st)
- 6. Ja'far Abad Gate (2nd)
- 7. River Gate
- 8. White House Gate
[edit] Castles
In total, Sa'dabad Palace contains 18 castles or houses, they are:
- 1. Ahmad shah Castle (Currently used by the Women's Basij)
- 2. Shahvand Castle (Currently Green Museum)
- 3. White Castle or White House (Currently the National Museum Castle)
- 4. Special Castle (Museum of Natural History of the past, currently used by the president.)
- 5. Black Castle (كاخ اسود) (Currently the Museum of Current Arts)
- 6. Shams Castle (Currently the Museum of Human Studies)
- 7. Ashraf Castle (Named after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's twin sister, Currently the Museum of Historical Plates)
- 8. Gholam Reza Castle
- 9. Mother's Queen Castle (Currently the Republic Building)
- 10. Ahmad Reza Castle
- 11. Abdol Reza Castle (Sa'adabad Control Center)
- 12. Bahman Pahlavi Castle (Named after Gholam Reza's son, Currently the Training Center)
- 13. Shahram Castle (Named after Ashraf Pahlavi's son, Currently the Military Museum)
- 14. Farideh Diba
- 15. Valiahd Reza Pahlavi Castle (1st castle, Currently the Museum of Behzad)
- 16. Valiahd Reza Pahlavi Castle (2nd castle, Currently the Museum of Dafineh)
- 17. Farahnaz and Ali Reza Castle (Children of Reza Pahlavi, Currently the Museum of Calligraphy and book of Mir Emad)
- 18. Leila Castle
