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Borujerdis House

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Isfahan Province, Kashan, Alavi Street, Iran

Hours
  
Closed now Martyrdom of Fatima might affect these hoursThursday(Martyrdom of Fatima)9AM–4:30PMHours might differFriday9AM–4:30PMSaturday9AM–4:30PMSunday9AM–4:30PMMonday9AM–4:30PMTuesday9AM–4:30PMWednesday9AM–4:30PM

Similar
  
Tabātabāei House, Āmeri House, Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, Fin Garden, Abbāsi House

Borujerdis house kashan iran


The Borujerdi House (Persian: خانهٔ بروجردی‌ها‎‎ Khāneh-ye Borujerdihā) is a historic house in Kashan, Iran.

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The house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam, for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The wife came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, which Seyyed Mehdi fall in love with her and built this house for her.

It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter Sani ol molk, and three 40 meter tall wind towers which help cool the house to unusually cool temperatures. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as biruni yard (exterior yard) and daruni yard (andarun) (interior yard). The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen.

Boroujerdi historical house kashan central iran


References

Borujerdis House Wikipedia