CIE - Centre for International Heritage Activities
Centrum voor Internationale Erfgoedactiviteiten
Summer Picnics
“After the palace came back into the possession of the government department of culture we first cleaned the palace and prepared some trees. But the real work started after AFIR came here. They started the restoration and have done good work. We are all happy with AFIR. People come to visit from Kabul, from Mazar. On holidays they come to picnic during the summer.”
“The palace should be a museum. 36 years before they wanted to bring the national museum here, but when there was an earthquake everything was destroyed and they dropped the idea. I remember the earthquake. The earthquake came like a wave. As it receded the walls broke and the ceiling cracked. All the people from here, from Mazar – the rich people came to help us with clothes, shoes and other household needs of the people. But no one came to help repair the palace. No one came even to put one brick on top of another.”
Fazl Ahmed, 74 years, third generation gardener, Bagh-e Jehan Nama Palace