Photo : Boroujerdi House

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/ Date : October 21, 2014

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Photo by: Afshin Iranpour

Province:

Isfahan

Keywords:

Kashan Boroujerdi

Additional Information:

Dimensions: 1536 * 2048
File Size: 1320856
Make: Canon
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Model: Canon DIGITAL IXUS II
Mime: image/jpeg
DateTime: 2005:04:15 12:15:55
Shutter Speed Value: 266/32
Aperture Value: 95/32
Exposure Bias Value: 0/3
Flash: 24
Focal Length: 173/32
X Resolution: 180/1
Y Resolution: 180/1
Resolution Unit: 2
Boroujerdi House

Description:

The house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam, for the bride of Haji Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, for whom Ali Maryam had built the Tabatabaei House some years earlier. 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. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as biruni and daruni (andarun). The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen.

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