<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Persian garden is one of the most characteristic and notable element in the Iranian landscape. Considering Iran’s hot and dry climate along with water deficit for plantation, it becomes noticeable how important the art of making gardens is to Iranians.</p><p>Water is one of the most crucial elements in the Persian garden, and we can state that gardens would be meaningless without it. Garden applications use water with its various abilities such as life, brightness, cleanliness, light, inertia, and motion, which bring forward numerous feelings in the human soul and enhance mental comfort. Also, its various running structures, such as basins, streams, water creeks, and fountains, provide mental comfort and technical functions.</p></abstract>

The Persian garden is one of the most characteristic and notable element in the Iranian landscape. Considering Iran’s hot and dry climate along with water deficit for plantation, it becomes noticeable how important the art of making gardens is to Iranians.Water is one of the most crucial elements in the Persian garden, and we can state that gardens would be meaningless without it. Garden applications use water with its various abilities such as life, brightness, cleanliness, light, inertia, and motion, which bring forward numerous feelings in the human soul and enhance mental comfort. Also, its various running structures, such as basins, streams, water creeks, and fountains, provide mental comfort and technical functions.

Special aspects of water use in Persian gardens

Department of Garden Art and Landscape Techniques, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Corvinus University of Budapest

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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The Persian garden is one of the most characteristic and notable element in the Iranian landscape. Considering Iran’s hot and dry climate along with water...

Special aspects of water use in Persian gardens

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 82 - 88

Received: Apr 30, 2015

Accepted: Jul 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2015-0007

Keywords
water system, water feature, decorative elements, functional role

© 2015 Albert Fekete et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Special aspects of water use in Persian gardens

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 82 - 88

Received: Apr 30, 2015

Accepted: Jul 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2015-0007

Keywordswater system, water feature, decorative elements, functional role

© 2015 Albert Fekete et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
water system, water feature, decorative elements, functional role