Ramsar Palace
{{Short description|Museum and former royal residence in Iran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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|image = Royal Palace Ramsar 1.jpg
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|location_town = Ramsar
|location_country = Iran
|architect =
|client = Reza Shah
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|completion_date = {{start date and age|1937}}
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|size = 60,000 square meters (land area)}}
The Ramsar Palace or Marmar Palace is a historic royal residence in Iran. The palace is in Ramsar, a city on the coast of the Caspian Sea.
History
The Ramsar Palace was established on a land of 60,000 square meters in 1937.{{cite book
|author=Andrew Burke|title=Iran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEca_4iSNCUC&pg=PA173|year=2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-349-2|page=173|location=Footscray, Victoria}} The area was a historical garden in Ramsar.{{cite web|title=Photographer's Note|work=Trek Earth|access-date=28 September 2013
|url=http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/East/Mazandaran/Ramsar/photo865909.htm}} Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's companion Ernest Perron was sent to the palace to work as the head gardener shortly after the completion of the construction.{{cite journal|author=Daniela Meier|title=Between court Jester and Spy: The career of a Swiss Gardener at the royal court in Iran. A footnote to modern Iranian history|journal=Critique: Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East|date=2000|volume=9|issue=16|page=77|doi=10.1080/10669920008720160 |s2cid=144640479 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10669920008720160|url-access=subscription}}
The palace was used as a summer residence by Reza Shah and then by his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his second spouse Soraya Esfendiary-Bakhtiary spent their honeymoon in the palace.{{cite news|title=Memories of Soraya|access-date=28 September 2013|work=The Middle East
|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Memories+of+Soraya%3A+the+belongings+of+the+exotic+Princess+Soraya,...-a089582827
|date=1 July 2002|author=Cyrus Kadivar}} They also frequently went there when they came across political crisis in Tehran.{{cite journal|author=Fariborz Mokhtari|title=Review of Iran's 1953 Coup: Revisiting Mosaddeq
|journal=Bustan: The Middle East Book Review|date=2016|volume=7|issue=2|page=127|doi=10.5325/bustan.7.2.0113
|s2cid=185086482
|url=https://doi.org/10.5325/bustan.7.2.0113|url-access=subscription}}
Technical features
File:North of Iran - Ramsar (palace).jpg
The Ramsar Palace is a compact and modest residence with {{convert|600|m2}} square meters area although it lies on a land of 60,000 square meters.{{cite book|author=Jill Worrall|title=Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zyDwRG3-f7AC&pg=PA229|date=2011|publisher=GF Books, Inc.|location=Hawthorne, CA|isbn=978-1-927147-05-4|page=229}} It is a rectangular building with a single story, and is decorated with works by famous Iranian sculptors and painters.{{cite web|title=Ramsar, an Iranian bride to remember|url=http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/North/blog-845068.html|work=Travel Blog|access-date=27 June 2014}} The front line of the palace is made up of carved marble stones which were made by local artists. The common materials used are plaster and mirror in addition to marble. There is a reception hall or central hall in the place which has wooden floor.
Current usage
The palace has been used as a museum since 2000.{{cite web|title=History of the Ramsar Palace Museum |url=http://www.cio-museums.ir/en/2012-03-13-20-15-49/history-ramsar-palace|work=Cultural Institute of Bonyad Museums|access-date=28 September 2013|date=13 March 2012}} It is called the Ramsar Palace museum or the Caspian museum and is known by locals as “Tamashagah Khazar".{{cite web|title=Ramsar, An Iranian Bride to Remember|url=http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Ramsar_An_Iranian_Bride_to_Remember.htm|work=Iran Review
|access-date=28 September 2013|author=Sam K. Parks-Kia|date=21 November 2009}}
References
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External links
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{{Palaces in Iran}}
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Category:1937 establishments in Iran
Category:Buildings and structures in Mazandaran province
Category:Historic house museums in Iran
Category:Houses completed in 1937
Category:Museums established in 2000
Category:National museums of Iran