Description
Hafeziyeh is the name of a shrine complex in north of Shiraz, in the south of Darvazeh Quran. Because it contains the shrine of Hafez-e-Shirazi1, this complex is known by this name. Hafeziyeh has about 2 hectares area and is formed from two northern and southern courtyard separated by a hall.
In 1935, the Department of Education of Fars, on the initiative of Ali-Asgar Hekmat, the Minister of Education, arranged for the construction of a new building. The French archeologist André Godard, the technical director of the Department of Antiquities, drew up an appropriate design. Execution of this project was delegated to Ali Riazi, the head of the Department of Education of Fars and "Ali Sami" was put in charge of its supervision.
Hall of Hafeziyeh which is from Zandiyeh era2 ,is 56 meters long and 8 meters wide and is formed by 20 stone pillars, each with 5 meters height. Formerly the Hall consisted of four pillars and four rooms that have been removed later from the area. There are two rooms in the East and West sides of the Hall, one belongs to the Cultural Heritage Organization and the other one belongs to the Shrine Office. The hall’s architectural style is related to the Achaemenid and Zands period.
The Shrine also consists of 8 stone pillars. The number 8 symbolizes the eighth century (the century Hafez was lived in) and the eight doors of paradise. The exterior of the dome of the shrine, is a symbol of sky and is formed as the hat of Turkish dervishes. The inside of the dome is decorated with different theosophical colors; Turquoise blue (symbol of heaven), amethystine red (symbol of eternal wine), black and white (symbol of day and night) and burnt brown (symbol of earth).
1- Hafez-e-Shirazi celebrated Persian lyric poet (1315-1390), Read More on Encyclopaedia Iranica [→]
2- Zandiyeh era (Zand dynasty): The Zand dynasty was an Iranian dynasty of Lak "a branch of Lurs origin" founded by "Karim Khan Zand" in the 18th century. (1751-1794). Read more on Encyclopaedia Iranica [→]
Resources:
- Hafez, Encyclopaedia Iranica [→]
- Wikipedia [→]
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