If you want to see one of the old architectural styles of Tehran, suggest visiting Kazemi House Museum.
Kazemi House Museum is an old house in the historic district of Tehran that dates back to the Qajar era. This house belonged to the stableman of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. This old district has specific architectural and urban values, such as residential parts and communication paths.
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Museum of Anthropology is one of the most beautiful parts of this house, where the culture, clothes, the last 150 years of professions, and the statues of old Tehran culture have been exhibited. Also, some spectacular photos of old Tehran will amaze you in the Kazemi House Museum.
Kazemi House Museum was built during the Qajar era. Like the other Iranian old houses, it consists of different parts such as the outdoor part, Andaruni (indoor part), Ab anbar, Matbakh (a kitchen in the mansion), and a stable. One of the specific spaces in this old mansion is Rakhtshooy Khaneh (wash-house). People washed their clothes in the rivers or the spring. Rakhtshooy Khaneh was a new function in a house during that era.
Shah-Neshin is the only remain of this house, which includes a story and a basement with two courtyards. You will see the southern courtyard in the outdoor part and the northern one in the Andaruni of Kazemi House. Shah-Neshin has two halls in the center. Some small rooms as Gooshvareh placed around the halls that are dedicated to hosting the guests.
The principal part of this mansion is five meters above the courtyard. This mansion has a brick façade that creates a marvelous view. The ornamentation of the inner part of the house includes a unique pattern for windows and Orsi windows. Orsie is one of the Islamic architectural effects, a lattice window like a Sash window, which is used in red, green, blue, and white colors in the Kazemi House Museum.
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