Vakil Complex

Vakil Bazar

Vakil Bazar his bazaar is located in Darb-e-Shahzadeh (Gate of Prince), near the Vakil Mosque. It has five entrances with two rows of shops (Hojreh), situated north-south and east-west direction and perpendicular to each other. It displays a beautiful architecture with wide corridors and high ceilings along with openings which allow air circulation and penetration of light.

Vakil Mosque

t is one of the most valuable monuments dating back to Zandieh period. It's construction was completed in 1773 AD. The said premises with an area of 3600 m². have been furnished with large stones. Its nocturnal area or Shabestan (night prayer hall) with an area of 2700 m². contains 48 similar tall pillars of stone with a beautiful ceiling and a marble altar that is considered to be one of the master pieces of the Zandieh era.

Vakil Bath

Vakil Bath he Vakil public bath house dares from the Qajar period, and has been converted into a stunning, if not representative, tea house, The Iranian taste for tea and its attendant social rituals was imported from Russia in the nineteenth century, but rapidly became a central part of daily life. In tea houses across the land, men congregated to hear old stories given new life by their tellers, and swap commercial and agricultural insights. AJthough it is still possible to find such "traditional" tea houses, mass communications have taken their toll, and they become fewer every year. This rather formal example gives the visitor an opportunity to take refreshment in a cool, beautiftilly lit chamber.

It is located near the Vakil Mosque. Due to change in the conditions of public baths, it has lost its original shape. The Vakil Bath is a monument of the Zand period.