The Naranjestan-e Qavam — "Place of Oranges" — was built in the 1880s by the Qavam-ol-Molk family, one of the most powerful merchant clans in Qajar Shiraz. The compound is a textbook example of late-19th-century Persian domestic architecture: a long pool flanked by orange trees, a richly tiled façade with a deep iwan, and reception rooms whose walls are covered in painted plasterwork mixing Persian and European motifs.
The mirror hall and the ceiling paintings in the main reception room are particularly fine — some panels show European-style landscapes copied from postcards, a quirky reminder of how Qajar elites looked outward in the 19th century. The garden itself, with sour-orange trees lining the reflecting pool, is small but extremely photogenic.