Golestan Palace ("Golestan" literally means "Palace of Roses") is the historical residence of the Qajar royal dynasty located in Tehran. It is the oldest monument in the city and receives many local and foreign tourists every year. The palace witnesses an important cultural and artistic period in the history of Iran in the nineteenth century, when Persian society underwent a process of modernization and European influences: the values, artistic and architectural appearance of ancient Persia were combined into a new form of art and architecture that had a long and remarkable transition period, when Western influence was gradually acquired by Iranian artists.→