Akhond Abu House

Akhond Abu Home - A Timeless Qajar-Era Gem in the Heart of Khorramabad

The house of Akhund Abu dates back to the mid-Qajar period and was owned by Mirza Mohsen Ghazi, the judge of the district. This historical monument is located in Khorramabad, on the western side of Falak Aflak Castle, along Dazav Borji Street. It was registered as a national monument of Iran on September 12th.

This building has two parts, the north and the south. The north part is built on two floors and has two entrances to the guest houses and large halls.

This Qajar-era house was built without any engineering materials, using stone, brick, wood and lime. The building of this Qajar house has an area of ​​about 730 square meters and an exterior of about 700 square meters, and is north-south oriented. When we enter the house, a pond with a fountain in the middle and green trees and architecture in the style of mouse teeth, train tracks, straight sleepers and flower beds host us. The courtyard of the mansion, which is in accordance with the reform of interior architecture, consists of two summer and winter sections, the winter section is on two floors (storeys) with three-door rooms and a five-door Shahneshin. Its walls have train tracks decorations and colored and horseshoe-shaped windows. The five-door room was used as a guest room and was used as a summer room in the summer. This mansion has one very attractive point, and that is its view of Falak-ola-Afalk Castle; This building belonged to a person named Mirza Mohsen Ghazi, who was originally from Khuzestan and was known as the city's chief judge, and he both practiced law and lived in the house.

This building became a tourist house for a while, and today it is the Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts of Lorestan Province, and in 1999 it was included in the list of registered national monuments.