The Villa Ispahan at 57 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique is a Persian style

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building in Moneghetti, Monaco. It was built in 1910 by the Persian diplomat Prince Arfa Mirza Riza Khan. The villa is modelled on the

Shah Mosque The Shah Mosque ( fa, مسجد شاه) is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during the Safavid dynasty under the order of Shah Abbas I of Persia. It is regarded as one of ...

in Isfahan in Iran, with blue minarets. It is decorated with mosaics, coloured glass and motifs including the Persian Lion and Sun emblem. A museum of Persian Art and Culture in the 1960's, the Villa Ispahan was listed for sale in 2019 with 9 rooms spread over 548 m². The building was home to a museum of Iranian art, sculptures, and objets d'art curated by Baroness Marie Roze Trenk, grand-daughter of opera singer

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. Prince Arfa's collection was sold by Sotheby's at Monte Carlo's

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club in 1983. The Villa Ispahan is the site of the Consulate of Indonesia in Monaco.

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Ispahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

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