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Vaali Castle is a Qajar era (1785–1925) structure made of marble, brick and gypsum. Gholam Reza Khan, the then governor of Ilam, built the castle as his summer residence in 1905. All rooms in the castle are interconnected and lavishly decorated with stained glass windows and stucco decorations in Qajar tradition.  Fifty percent of the castle was destroyed during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s. The castle has since been renovated by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.  The castle is now the Anthropology Museum of Ilam.

Vaali Castle

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    Pasdaran St.