Marble Palace (Tehran)

Marble Palace
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General information
Architectural styleEclectic architecture, combining Eastern and Western architectural features
Town or cityTehran
CountryIran
Construction started1934
Completed1937; 88 years ago (1937)
ClientReza Shah Pahlavi
Technical details
Size35,462 square meters (land area)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Fathallah Firdaws
EngineerJoseph Leon

The Marble Palace (Persian: کاخ مرمر, Kākh-e Marmar) is a historic building and former royal residence in Tehran, Iran. It is located in the city centre,[1] but the location was a quiet quarter of Tehran when the palace was erected.[2]

  1. ^ Asadollah Alam (1991). The Shah and I. London; New York: IB Tauris. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-85043-340-8.
  2. ^ "Architecture. Pahlavi, before World War II". Encyclopedia Iranica.

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