The beginning of the restoration of Salar Mohtsham Khomein Castle

The head of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department of Khomein city announced the implementation of restoration, repair and reconstruction of Salar Mohtsham Castle, one of the historical buildings of this city, with a credit amounting to 1 billion 650 million Rials.

Ali Mashhadi, head of the cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts department of Khomein city, said:

Cleaning the damaged carpet floor, putting candles on the roof of one of the rooms with brickwork, repairing and restoring the tracheal channels, removing pests and termites from parts of the outer columns and restoring and improving a part of the roof of the historic Salar Mohtsham castle by the contractor and with the supervision and expertise of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage. And tourism and handicrafts of the central province began.

The head of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Khomein city said:

The collection of materials used in Salar Mohtsham Castle is traditional, which has worn out with the passage of time, and accordingly, the restoration of this historical building is on the agenda.

Mashhadi stated:

Salar Mohtsham Castle belongs to the descendants of Mohtsham, which was built 180 years ago and was registered in the list of national monuments of Iran 18 years ago.

He reminded:

This historical building has its own photo studio and many photos have been left, which are important in terms of knowing the history of Khomein city in addition to their artistic value.

The head of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Khomein continued:

Salar Mohtsham Castle, after restoration and equipping, became Khomein Anthropology Museum in June 2005, and by installing figures, old customs of this city such as “Shab Chaleh”, “Kord Ali Beh Kouh” and “Kose Naqaldi” were exhibited in it. has been

Khomein city is located 61 km away from Arak, and its most important historical monuments are the petroglyphs of Timreh, Dastkandha, Timche Bazaar, defensive castles, dovecots and Salar Mohtsham Castle.