Rakhtshooy Khaneh

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Rakhtshooy Khaneh
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Zanjan’s Rakhtshooy Khaneh was built in 1928 as a covered, secure place where women could wash clothes and household vessels. Its columned hall, basins and carefully directed water offer a tangible glimpse of women’s social history; the unusual building now serves as an anthropology museum.