Azadi Square | Tehran, Iran

[Matthieu]

Azadi Square, or freedom square. It's representing the fight of the Iranian people for their liberty.

http://www.iranworld.com/home/hvg-i171.jpg

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040211/040211_iran_revolution_hlrg_10a.hlarge.jpg

http://www.iccim.org/English/Iran/07/images/azadi_450.jpg

http://www.iccim.org/English/Magazine/iran_commerce/no23_2000/images/11.gif

http://www-ee.ccny.cuny.edu/wwwb/web/leilaf/Azadi_Square.jpg

[Matthieu]

Nice but not a lot. 7 for me.

[Brett]

8, Looks like a nice place to spend time relaxing.

[Sky | Kai]

the top is boring, but i like the rest! 7/10

[BulldozerGirl]

10/10 - Love the greenery around it.

Corrupted vote due to nationalism :)

[Kampflamm]

Who built it?

[Matthieu]

Who built it?


Good question, it was built in 1971 but I don't know who is the architect.

[DamienK]

7.5/10

[Kampflamm]

Good question, it was built in 1971 but I don't know who is the architect.

Well, you actually answered my question. I really only wanted to know whether the Shah or Khomeini built it.

[Nick in Atlanta]

You can thank good ole Jimmy Carter for the loss of the Shah, the rise of the Ayatollahs and the year long kidnapping of American workers at the US Embassy in Tehran. The Shah was not a nice guy, with his Savak secret police, but far fewer people died under him than under Ayatollah Khomeini's squads of teenage soldiers who ran across Iraqi minefields, during the Iran-Iraq war, to clear them for real Iranian soldiers.

[BulldozerGirl]

Hehehe. Funny post, Nick_in_Atlanta.

[Matthieu]

Ok, thanks for sharing your opinion. Folks, just know I'll keep a special eye on this thread though.

[Hardouin-Mansart]

You can thank good ole Jimmy Carter for the loss of the Shah, the rise of the Ayatollahs and the year long kidnapping of American workers at the US Embassy in Tehran. The Shah was not a nice guy, with his Savak secret police, but far fewer people died under him than under Ayatollah Khomeini's squads of teenage soldiers who ran across Iraqi minefields, during the Iran-Iraq war, to clear them for real Iranian soldiers.

Yeah, the shah sucked the blood out of the iranian people, but they were still alive and, most important of all, they were... free?!

[gruber]

terrible building, terrible square!
3 or less!

[Awais]

what freedom?

[jmancuso]

i like it 8/10

[Impf]

Yikes!

It's unique for sure..........but not pleasing to my taste. Not pleasing at all.

I'll give it a 5, but just for the sexual innuendo, which I'm sure was not intended. ;)

[Fabio]

8/10

I really like it

[Gilgamesh]

C'mon guys, this deserves better than that.... :)

http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00062-freedom.jpg
http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00052-Freedom.jpg

http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00064-snow.jpg

http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00008-freedom.jpg

http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00088-02-13spring.jpg
http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00088-03-13spring.jpg
http://www.kosoof.com/photo/00088-04-13spring.jpg

[messiah]

I've the feeling it doesn't represent the iranian architecture well,does it?

[Phobos]

8/10

nice monument.

[El_Greco]

9/10

[chukchi]

7/10

[Ellatur]

8.5/10

[Sinjin P.]

8.5/10

[Vrysxy]

9/10

[Reflex]

Impressive!!:uh:
9/10.

[Gilgamesh]

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149349_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149351_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149421_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149355_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149342_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/09/149357_orig.jpg

[Medo]

impressive structure 8.5/10

[LordMarshall]

8/10

[kirby21]

9/10

[forvine]

7.5/10

[Valia]

8/10

that is a original structure and the turtle square is nice as well

[wecky]

8/10

[Hindustani]

10 because its original. & the most impressive thing is its height. this is a perfect.

[Mali]

7.5/10

[crossbowman]

Impressive!
Love the colors...8,5/10

[Henk]

8/10.

[Mosaic]

6/10

[clarky]

8/10

[ThePersian]

9.5/10 its a very beautiful square...

[r2]

i think its cool

[Hindustani]

10/10. Azadi monument may be architecturally most creative monument in the world at present. BTW. Its by the same Parsi architect that designed and built the Lotus Temple in New Delhi.

[marpa]

8,5/10

[delmaule]

10/10

[(((myx)))]

10. :eek2: amazing!

[gutooo]

7,5/10

[Astralis]

9/10

[LMCA1990]

8/10

[W!CKED]

8/10

[TEHR_IR]

Its made by a special marmer that you only can find in the zagros mountains of isfahan,Iran

[stasiua]

8/10