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{{Short description|UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iran}}
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| WHS           = Bagh-e Fin
| image         = Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 22.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption       = 
| location      = [[Kashan]], [[Isfahan Province]], [[Iran]]
| part_of       = [[The Persian Garden]]
| criteria      = {{UNESCO WHS type|(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)}}(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
| ID            = 1372-004
| coordinates   = {{Coord|33.9463772|51.3725853|format=dms|display=title, inline}}
| year          = 2011
| area          = {{convert|7.6|ha|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| buffer_zone   = {{convert|173.4|ha|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| locmapin      = Iran
| map_caption   = 
}}
[[File:Residence Royal Bagh Shah Fin by Pascal Coste.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Drawing by [[Pascal Coste]], 1840]]
'''Fin Garden''' ({{langx|fa|باغ فین}} ''Bagh-e Fin'') is a historic [[Persian Gardens|Persian garden]] located in [[Kashan]], [[Iran]]. It contains Kashan's [[Fin Bathhouse]], where [[Amir Kabir]], the [[Qajar Iran|Qajar era]] chancellor, was assassinated by the order of [[Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]] in 1852. Completed in 1590, the Fin Garden is the oldest extant garden in Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/3349964/The-worlds-50-most-beautiful-gardens-Asia-Africa-Australasia-and-the-Americas.html|title = The world's 50 most beautiful gardens: Asia, Africa, Australasia, and the Americas}}</ref>

==History==
The origins of the garden may be anterior to the [[Safavid Iran|Safavid era]]; some sources indicate that the garden has been relocated from another place, but no clear picture of it has been found.<ref name=unesco1>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5177/|title=Bagh-e Fin (Fin Garden), Kashan|publisher=[[Unesco]] tentative list|author= Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization|access-date=2008-04-15}}</ref>

The settlements of the garden in its present form was built under the reign of [[Abbas the Great]] (1571–1629), as a traditional [[Persian gardens|bagh]] near the village of Fin, located a few kilometres southwest of [[Kashan]].<ref name=gardenreview1> {{cite web|url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/bagh-e_fin|title=Bagh-e Fin|publisher=gardenreview.com|access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref>

The garden subsequently suffered from neglect and was damaged several times until, in 1935, it was listed as a national property of [[Iran]].<ref name=unesco1/> UNESCO declared the garden a [[World Heritage Site]] on 18 July 2012.

==Structure==
The garden covers 2.3 [[hectare]]s with a main yard surrounded by ramparts with four circular towers. In keeping with many of the Persian gardens of this era, the Fin Garden employs a great many water features.<ref name=gardenreview1/>

== National Museum of Kashan ==
The Naional Museum of Kashan, built in 1968, is situated in the western part of Fin Garden. It contains archaeological, ethnological and crafts. The archaeological objects were excavated in [[Chogha Zanbil]], [[Teppe Hasanlu]], and the nearby site of [[Tepe Sialk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caroun.com/Museums/IranMuseum/IranMRegion2/NationalMuseumofKashanFin.htm|title=National Museum of Kashan at Fin Garden, Kashan, Iran|access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="100">
Fin Garden Kushak.jpg|Kushak, part of the Bagh-e Fin Garden in Kashan
Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 13.jpg
Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 15.jpg|The ''Kushak'' is located in the central part of the garden.
Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 16.jpg|Detail of the ceiling of the ''Kushak''.
Fingarden4.jpg|
Fingarden3.jpg|
Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 17.jpg|
Picture 210.jpg|
Kiosque Bagh Shah Fin by Pascal Coste.jpg|
Fingarden6.jpg|
Fine Kashan - Persian.JPG|
Fine Kashan - English.JPG|
Kiosk Fin - Fin , near Kashan by Eugène Flandin.jpg|
Jardín de Fin, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 14.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Fin Garden}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060223102532/http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=5826 Fin Garden at ArchNet]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120910133249/http://sartar.ir/ Fin Garden at sartar.ir]
{{World Heritage Sites in Iran}}
{{Esfahan Province}}

[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Iran]]
[[Category:Parks in Iran]]
[[Category:Museums in Iran]]
[[Category:Persian gardens in Iran]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kashan]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kashan]]
[[Category:1590 establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:1590s establishments in Iran]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures on the Iran National Heritage List]]