Along the avenue Charbagh Abbasi there is an area of green parks where two smaller palaces, Chehel Sotoon and Hasht Behesht, both built under the Safavid dynasty that ruled long over Persia.
These two palaces are both in the middle of a garden. Charbagh is the name of a Persian garden built on a specific model and in Europe there are gardens to the French or English gardens.
The name Chehel Sotoon means forty columns. The palace has twenty but with their reflections in the water, the total is forty. Rather clever. Chehel Sotoon had a political role or for coronations or to meet and greet foreign ambassadors. Inside the palace is covered with paintings recounting of military exploits.
Hasht Behesht means eight gardens of paradise. The palace had a role as a residence for Shahs.
