Wow! Wunderbar... At a distance of 6 km from Rafsanjan city of Kerman province, there are brick houses, which is not only one of the largest brick houses in the world, but also one of the most beautiful. Haj Agha Ali's house, known as Zaimullah Rafsanjani, with an area of 7,000 square meters and an area of 12,000 square meters, has 86 rooms that have been built in the four main parts of the building, namely the pool house, the royal residence, autumn and winter.
Haj Agha Ali was one of the greatest merchants of his time and built this house in 1136. This complex is known as one of the most magnificent examples of Qajar architecture. Also, in the construction of this house, the principles and methods of Iranian architecture have been used along with the climatic and regional characteristics. Since the house is built in a very hot and dry area, it has very high walls to prevent the flow of sand from the surrounding deserts, and its gate is very high and magnificent.
But if we want to get inside this huge and historic house, we need to know that all the parts of the house are completely symmetrical. As mentioned, this house has 86 rooms. There are different types of rooms: seven doors, five doors, three doors and a closet. In addition, very large kitchens with a large warehouse provided the food needs of this complex. Haj Agha Ali's house also has 4 courtyards and 3 vestibules through which different parts of the house can be accessed.
One of the most beautiful parts of Haj Agha Ali's house is Hozkhaneh Hall, which is built on two floors and has a number of rooms on the upper floor. This hall is considered to be the widest indoor space of the house and right in the middle of it, there is a pergola that provides light to the pool area. In the middle of the pool house, there is a rectangular pool that used to be connected to the side courtyards and its water was supplied from the aqueduct. One of the attractions of the pool house is the prominent beds with Islamic designs. In addition, the sacks inside the house are ultimately beautiful and carefully designed, as they have been a place to...
Read moreHaj Agha Ali's house is one of the largest and most beautiful traditional and adobe houses of the world which has been built by Haj Agha Ali famous as Zaeim-Allah Rafsanjani (the greatest businessmen of that period) in 1136 SH. The house had known to be the appropriative house in the past in which the architectural principles and modes in harmony with the climate of the region, symmetry and asymmetry of principles have been completely considered. Haj Agha Ali's house has been surrounded by relatively high stratigraphic walls in an introverted state and it was a four...
Read moreIt's a beautiful house full of designing and architecture amazes but ever since I stepped in this place, I was wondering what was the usage of such big house for an ordinary person? People said that he had many wives, I'm not sure but still doesn't make sense, it had so many rooms and living areas that you could place like a thousand people in there (by exaggeration of course), any way he must have had a big big...
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