[custom_adv] Agham Mohammad Khan Qajar, after wearing the robe of the capital over Tehran, called Tehran Dar al-Khalafah. Dar al-Khalafah has six neighborhoods in the protected area, which are north of Enghelab Street, south of Shousha Street, east of Shahbaz Street (today, September 8) and west of Kargar Street. This house belonged to Mahin al-Mulk Vazinani (son-in-law of Muzaffar al-Din Shah), who owned the house of his late cousin (Prime Minister Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) in the 1940s, to which he dedicated it. This 260-meter house has the style of Iranian interior architecture, like all the old houses inside, outside and Shahneshin. The interior decoration of Dar al-Khalafah is taken from the architecture of the Pahlavi period and the smallest details such as wallpapers and tiles are the design of the same period. [custom_adv] There have also been major changes to the yard during the restoration; For example, the buried pond came out and was repaired, or the floor of the courtyard and its mansions were mosaics that turned into carpet bricks. The antiques in the place of this mansion are the collection of the owner of the cafe, which he has been collecting since he was fourteen years old. Dar al-Khalafah Library has 3,500 volumes of books, magazines and newspapers offset, lends books to customers for free, and book lovers can read with their drinks in the courtyard of this cafe or in one of these five rooms named after the old neighborhoods of Dar al-Khalafah. کردن. [custom_adv] The thinkers of the Enlightenment created these spaces in response to the aristocratic salons and university academies, offering an idea of culture as the expression of people who are capable of standing out thanks to their intelligence, and not because of their wealth or their lineage. [custom_adv] Throughout the 19th Century and up until the early 20th Century, book cafes were the meeting points favoured by intellectuals and artists. Writers, painters, philosophers, sculptors and all kinds of enlightened minds chose these venues as the venues for their discussions and for exchanging ideas. [custom_adv] The most loyal customers of the most ancient coffee house in London include various representatives of the Royal Society, such as Isaac Newton, poet and politician Joseph Addison and journalist Richard Steele. [custom_adv] And it is no coincidence that cultural movements and revolutions such as Futurism and the New Vanguards were indeed sparked in front of a cup of coffee, the ultimate modern drink.
