El-Gölü

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El Goli (Template:Langx, Template:Langx), also called Shah GoliTemplate:Sfn (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a large historic park (or garden) in the south east region of Tabriz, Iran.Template:Sfn One of its main features is its large artificial lake, measuring approximately 55.000 m2/592.015 ft square.

History and characteristics

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Pars El-Goli Hotel back of the El-Goli

Tradition dates the construction of the park to the late 18th century.Template:Sfn However, it may have been built earlier as well; some sources suggest as far back as the 14th century.Template:Sfn In the Qajar period the park was restored and high terraces were added.Template:Sfn

The northern side of the lake was built up, which, according to Penelope Hobhouse, makes the lake "appear to float over the valley".Template:Sfn A causeway leads out to a pavilion, today the site of a restaurant.Template:Sfn The pavilion was once crowned with a dome.Template:Sfn From the west hillside, a spring feeds the lake, a cascade descending in five terraces.Template:Sfn The sight is flanked by poplar trees and willows.Template:Sfn

Etymology

The park was first named Shah Goli, the "Royal Lake" or the "Royal Pond".Template:Sfn After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the park and the surrounding were renamed as El Goli, "lake of the people".

Photo gallery

• El Goli
  El Goli
• El Goli lake and Hotel Pars in top of the hills.
  El Goli lake and Hotel Pars in top of the hills.
• El Goli lake from hills.
  El Goli lake from hills.
• Night view of El Goli.
  Night view of El Goli.
• El Goli
  El Goli
• El Goli
  El Goli

See also

• Khaqani Park
• Golestan Park

External links

• City of Tabriz on Iran Chamber Society (www.iranchamber.com)
• Editorial Board, East Azarbaijan Geography, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2000 (High School Text Book in Persian)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070216155119/http://www.tabrizcity.org/
• Tishineh

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