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Khaje Barukh (Khajeh Barookh) Synagogue, Kermanshah, Iran (approximate location)
The primary synagogue in the city of Kermanshah (کرمانشاه), Iran was named after Khaje Barukh (Khajeh Barookh), the man who built the building. The building was a synagogue, guest rooms and also living quarters for the family which took care of the synagogue.
Description
From Wikipedia: Khajeh Barookh's House is located in the old district of Faizabad, a Jewish neighborhood of the city. It was built by a Jewish merchant of the Qajar period, named Barookh/Baruch. The house, an historical depiction of Iranian architecture, was renamed "Randeh-Kesh House", after the last owner, is a "daroongara"(inward oriented) house and is connected through a vestibule to the exterior yard and through a corridor to the interior yard. Surrounding the interior yard are rooms, brick pillars making the iwans(porches) of the house, and step-like column capitals decorated with brick-stalactite work. This house is among the rare Qajar houses with a private bathroom.
The synagoge was also a staging ground for people who were on their way to Israel.
Kermanshah, Iran
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermanshah
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