Traditional Persian Courtyard, Borujerdi House, Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran - stock photo

Beautiful view of a traditional Persian residential courtyard, inside Borujerdi House, situated in Kashan, Isfahan province of Iran.The Borujerdi historical house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam, for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The wife came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, which Seyyed Mehdi fall in love with her and built this house for her. It has all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as a biruni yard (exterior yard) and a daruni yard (andarun) (interior yard). The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen.