Saadi Tomb

Saadi Tomb, Sa’adi Shirazi is the greatest poet of Persian literature who has appeared after Ferdowsi and is still well known in the world as a great poet of his time. he passed away in Shiraz in 690 A.H. The first tourist who has visited the tomb of Sa’adi was called “Ibn‑e Battuta” a Moroccan traveler in the year 748 AH, 57 years after Sa’adi’s death. Based on current evidence, Sa’adi Tomb in the recent century has been restored.

Karim Khan Zand reconstructed it in 1187 A.h. He built a two‑floor building with brick which had two rooms on either side. Sa’adi was buried under the side of the eastern room and it’s inlaid and surrounded by wooden fences. later in the western chamber was made a tomb of “Shorideh Shirazi,” a famous poet of the thirteen century A,h.
the first monument of Sa’adi was set up in 1948, and then due to the suggestion of the Fars national works association and by the effort of Dr. Ali Sami and Ali Asghar Hekmat, a tomb that could glorify Sa’adi great dignity was rebuilt. This monument has a beautiful dome and there is a porch like a chamber on the front side of it which has been held by eight stone columns. in the new building tomb of Sa’adi is located in an octagonal edifice with a very high tiled ceiling. at the lower area of the surface of this garden, a spring with pure water is outflowing. in the middle part of this place, there is a pool which is called “Howzeh Mahi”. Based on an old tradition, people in Shiraz throw coins in it to wish their dream come true.