Aminiha Hosseiniyeh

Nineteenth-century mourning hall with mirrored rooms, stained glass, and a preserved merchant-house atmosphere.

Aminiha Hosseiniyeh is the surviving ceremonial heart of a wealthy 19th-century merchant house. The mirrored halls, coloured glass, and linked courtyards were built for Muharram mourning gatherings, but today they are most interesting as a glimpse of Qazvin's domestic architecture at its richest.

It is a small sight, but a good one. The appeal is in the details: the filtered light, the woodwork, and the way religious ceremony and household prestige were built into the same set of rooms.

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