HOUSE OF THE KHANEH-YE TABATABEI (KHANEH-YE TABATABEI)
Read moreThis magnificent and immense residence belonged to a large trader built in the late nineteenth century. Centered around a set of four inner courtyards, where the family arranged according to the seasons in the 40 respective pieces, broken down by the famous badgir, the rooms opened and connected to the pieces of the house that allowed them to break down and cooled the temperature, the house presents an exceptional range covering more than 5,000 m 2. Here again, stained glass, decorative motifs, moldings are in all parts and illustrate the perfect mastery of Persian architects. Note on the main court iwan the complex moldings of the ceiling. They took back the designs and patterns of the carpet that was laid on the ground. The courtyard, with its gardens and ponds, is flanked by a shaded thumb to allow, as with the iwans, not to suffer too much from the temperature. The whole is logically oriented north-south.