Elahieh
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Elahieh (also spelt Elahiyeh) is a district in northern Tehran.
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Elahiyeh is an upper class district in Northeren Tehran, actually a part of Shemiran. It is home to Tehran's most expensive real estate as well as the clubhouses of the Russia, Turkey, Germany, and Danish, Swiss, Belgian, Icelandic, Cuban and Finnish embassies.
The most famous part of the area is Fereshteh Avenue. This is where the newest buildings and many fashionable locales, including top-end shops and chichi cafes, can be found. Not everyone of course considers this part a desirable living place, since the traffic often gets gridlocked on summer nights, and the atmosphere is rather snobbily affected.
Before Shemiran was officially incorporated into the city of Tehran, the area consisted of expansive residences and gardens used as summer homes for wealthy residents of Tehran. Today however residential towers and upscale penthouses have replaced them for good and few of those gardens have actually escaped development.
Most of the land in this district once belonged to Mrs. Fakhr ol dowleh, a daughter of Mozaffareddin Shah Qajar, known to be the richest woman in Iran during her life.
Mahmoud Hessaby's house (now a museum) is in Elahieh on Hessabi Street, neighbouring the newly-opened Iranian Art Garden Museum, which is home to some replicas of Iran's best known historical monuments, an art gallery, and a nice outdoor cafe.
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