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| Khaneh Borujerdiha ( Borujerdi ha House ) |
The house was built in 1857 for the bride of Haji Mehdi Borujerdui, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, whom Ustad Ali Maryam Kashani had built their house (The Tabatabaei House) some years earlier. |
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|  | Mr Brojerdi asked for Mr Tabatabei's Daughter. Mr. Tabatabaei responded that Mr brojerdi can marry with her when Mr Brojerdi build house as beautiful as Mr. Tabatabaei's one because she was grown up in big & beautiful one. Mr. Brojerdi accepted it, & He exactly built beautifuler than Tabatabaei's one. |
It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter Kamal-ol-molk, and three 40 meter tall wind towers which help cool the house to unusually cool temperatures. |  | | Khaneh Borujerdiha ( Borujerdi ha House ) |
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|  | It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of Traditional Persian residential architcture such as biruni and andaruni. |
The house took 18 years to build using 150 craftsmen. It is considered a true masterpiece of Persian traditional residential architecture. It was designed by Ustad Ali Maryam Kashani.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaneh_Borujerdi_ha |  | | Khaneh Borujerdiha ( Borujerdi ha House ) |
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About photo: IT's copy of Carpet of room at the ceiling. on that time there were precious carpet on floor that people thought ceiling was a big Mirror. |  | | Khaneh Borujerdiha ( Borujerdi ha House ) |
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PierreZA Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:42 UTC This is a very interesting page, and makes good reading! |
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