The spirit of civilization in the city of historical houses

Historical houses are buildings that polish the soul; In Lorestan, most of the historical houses are located in Borujerd and Khorramabad cities, which are symbols of the culture of these two ancient cities. The architecture and design of these old houses are amazing and have given a special effect to these two cities.

By walking in historical houses, you feel like you are flipping through the pages of history, history is still sweet no matter how many tragic events it has in its heart. Walking in the alley of the old markets, passageways, baths, coffers, vaults, etc. all tell of an ancient identity.

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Passing through these passages within each other makes a person happy and speaks of an illustrated civilization. In these passages, there are historical houses that present a clear picture of the rich culture in front of a person. Houses in the heart of passages and narrow and dead-end alleys, with raw clay whose smell of straw evokes freshness and freshness, the door of some of these houses opens into a long corridor, at the entrance of the mansion, there are usually cold rooms deep in the ground that act as today’s refrigerators. It has large stone and clay pots.

The corridor opens to a large courtyard with numerous enclosed rooms on its four sides, turquoise slimes, colorful polygonal windows of red, blue, green, turquoise and gold in which the sun shines, a blue pond in the middle of the courtyard of the mansion, tall ramparts, trees Old people who remember the births, marriages, joys, sorrows and deaths of the people of these houses by the number of folds on their stout trunks and their leaves, the nested rooms that still have the laughter of the girls, the immaculate Haftsin tables, the night parties and the decoration of the cedar under the chairs during the long winter days. He has not forgotten the quarrels, boys’ fights, women’s anger and cuteness, and men’s strength.

These houses smell authentic life. The smell of knowledge, empathy, common language and all these descriptions show the rich culture of the civilized people of this country.

Mullah Abu’s house

One of these beautiful houses, which is an example of Qajar era architecture, is the judge’s house or “Akhundabo”, which is located in the old context of Khorramabad city, in Darb Babataher neighborhood (Dar Butar) and its famous passage, Babataher alley, on the west side of Flak-al-Aflak castle, Dovazdeh Borji street. has it.

This work belongs to the middle of the Qajar period and belongs to Sheikh Abu Talib Qazi, known as Akhund Abu Talib (Akhund Abu).

This building used to be residential in the past. After its acquisition and comprehensive restoration by the General Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Lorestan, it has changed its use as an inscription and stone museum.

The mentioned house is one of the semi-introverted houses and has two winter and summer parts, the winter part is built in two floors and has three-door tanabieh rooms and five-door royal part. The main decorations used in it are of the type of train, flower arrangement, and khafte rasta, and the materials used in the building are of stone, brick, wood, and mortar, which was registered as one of the national works of Iran on 22 Shahrivar 1378 with number 2432. reached and now this historical building has become a museum.

discovery house

Another historical house in Khorramabad city is “Seyd Abbas Kashfi” house, which belongs to Qajar period and has an area of ​​192 square meters.

One of the features of this building is the presence of plaster arrays with flower and artichoke leaf motifs in the style of Western architecture, the use of brick arrays common in Khorramabad, the decorative arch of Kalil and the passage of the famous “Gardao” stream from the space below the courtyard. This house belongs to the Sadat Kashfi family.

House of Haj Agha Kamal Tabatabai

Another of these historic houses is the house called Haj Agha Kamal Tabatabai, which is located in Borujerd and was owned by the late Haj Mirza Abu Torab, one of the descendants of Hazrat Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabai (great grandfather of Sadat Tabatabai of Borujerdi) for the son of the late Haj Agha Ishaq Nabavi Tabatabai (Haj Mr. Kamal) was purchased from a goldsmith.

One of the relatively healthy parts of the complex of houses related to Sadat Tabatabai from the Sufian quarter, which includes several old houses, graves and mausoleums of the elders of Sadat Tabatabai.

The building consists of three floors, an inner courtyard and an entrance to the courtyard, where all floors are similar and each floor contains a large hall with five doors in the middle.

There are two rooms on the sides of the hall along with the space of the staircase and under the stairs. The decoration of the building includes beautiful paintings on the ceiling of the five-door hall and the decorative heaters of the hall, tile decorations on the entrance of the building and the arches of the courtyard.

This historic house is registered with number 3766 and is owned by Borujerd municipality.

Birjandi house

Birjandi House is one of the other historical buildings of Borujerd and belongs to the Qajar period, which has unique painting decorations, and in the royal room of Birjandi House, beautiful paintings in the style of European painters are drawn on the ceiling and walls. This building has been registered in the list of national works under number 14477.

The necessity of using the law to support the restoration and revival of historical tissues

Ehsan Karamzadeh, Director General of the Technical Office of Lorestan Governorate, stated that the support and interdepartmental assistance of the executive bodies is necessary for the preservation and maintenance of the ancient works and heritage of Lorestan, and said: Unauthorized excavations and discoveries around the buildings cause damage to the historical buildings and textures of the province. devices have the necessary synergy and cooperation.

Emphasizing the need to use the Law on the Protection of Restoration and Revitalization of Historical Textures, he noted: People’s participation in the preservation and protection of the cultural textures of the province is essential, and any construction activity is prohibited to preserve the historical texture.

Restoration of historical houses of Lorestan is inspired by the charters of “Athens” and “Venice”.

Ata Hasanpour, Director General of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Lorestan, told Isna about the change of use of some historical houses in Lorestan: These houses are from the early Qajar to the first Pahlavi period, most of them are located in Borujerd.

He added: In Khorramabad city, Akhundabo’s house has become a museum of inscriptions and stones.

Director General of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Lorestan stated: Also, in Borujerd, the Tabatabai House has become a cultural heritage and the Prophet’s House has become a municipal museum of the city.

Hasanpour added: The rest of the historical houses are going to be turned into creative handicraft houses, such as the creative house of wood and Warsaw, of which Hojjatiye Borujerd School is one of these houses.

Regarding the acquisition of these historical houses, he said: The owners do not cooperate with the cultural heritage of Lorestan to buy these houses, and with these few credits of the cultural heritage of Lorestan, acquiring them is a very difficult and exhausting task.

Director General of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Lorestan added: Historical houses have a large area and their price will be at least seven to eight billion tomans.

Hasanpour stated: The restoration of Lorestan’s historical houses is inspired by the charters of Athens and Venice and based on international guidelines.

He said: So far, more than 20 historical houses in Borujerd and 10 historical houses in Khorramabad have been restored based on the mentioned standards.

8000 billion Tomans are needed to acquire the most essential historical monuments in the country

In this regard, Ezzatullah Zarghami, on the 9th of December, during a visit to the historical context of “Khane Iftikhar Borujerd” in the group of journalists, stated: The Ministry of Heritage has responsibility in all three areas of context, site and historical buildings, and this issue is important and must be preserved.

He added: The minimum amount of credit that has been calculated for acquiring very necessary items in the country is 8000 billion tomans.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts added: “In reviewing the government’s next year’s budget, we talked about this credit and a list of it has been prepared. The government has serious problems in the field of income sources. This amount is also high, and with this process, it will not become government credits.” did the acquisition.

He stated: We have made plans and we hope that this year with the help of the parliament we will be able to consider about 1000 billion tomans in the next year’s budget with the help of the parliament and we hope that this credit will be provided.

Zarghami was about the acquisition of historical houses, he said that according to the visit to the historical context of Borujerd and the report of Mrs. Maqsoodi, the representative of the people of Borujerd in the parliament, about 30 billion tomans of credit is needed for the organization and acquisition of historical houses and especially the national registration of Borujerd gardens, which we are trying to do. The important issue should be raised and followed up, and this credit will be provided from the national and provincial funds.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage emphasized: During this trip to Borujerd, we were closely informed about the problems of acquiring two historical houses, “Khane Masri” and “Iftakhar al-Islam” house, and the importance of the national registration of “Baghat Borujerd”, which is of particular importance as the oxygen lungs of Borujerd city. are.

The government’s special view on tourism development

Expressing his happiness about the special view of the government in the issue of tourism development, he said that we have a restoration and restoration fund in the field of protecting historical houses, and it is necessary to make changes in it as an institution so that while operating as a government, it has legal authority. have more and this matter will be approved in the parliament and with the follow-up of the representatives.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage said about the Development and Restoration Fund that we had 12 important proposals, of which we were able to get four of them approved by the government, including the Restoration and Restoration Fund, it is necessary to change its nature and operate non-governmentally.

The original and indigenous Iranian Islamic architecture along with privacy for the peace of the family is one of the characteristics of historical houses, which in the new style of urban planning and architecture is less affected by the accuracy, beauty and conformity with the human spirit and nature. The authentic culture of the city’s people also plays a significant role in the economy and tourism boom, although until now, as much attention has not been given to introducing and attracting tourists to this historical and identity-giving heritage, and this matter requires the special attention of officials at the macro level.