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Kashan, Iran
Agha Bozorg Mosque
Famed for its symmetry, this Iranian mosque has hosted visits from architects and kings.
A wealthy glass merchant named Haj Mohammad Ibrahim spent twenty years building his 7,000-square-meter mansion in Kashan. But the house didn’t bear his name for long. A century ago, a man named Abbasian purchased just one courtyard, the exterior one, and paid such a fortune that it became the talk of the town. Citizens gossiped about the price so much that they renamed the entire complex after him, eclipsing the original owner’s legacy with a single extravagant real estate transaction.
The other four courtyards, sold off just as decisively, kept their original owners’ anonymity intact. It turns out real estate immortality isn’t about square footage. It’s about overpaying loudly enough that the neighbors never forget it.
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