Jonaqan Castle – Shahrekord

Jonaqan or Joneqoon is a small city, situated at 38 km southwest of Shahr-e-Kord which was the residential quarter of the Khans of the Bakhtiyari Tribe. In the year 1939 AH, Ali Qoli Khan Sardar As'ad built this castle or palace, covering an area of 14,000 sq. m. for his own residential purposes which had a different outlook. The architectural facade of this structure, namely the stone pillars are worth mentioning.Each stone pillar consists of many pieces of different shapes so that in its upper sections the pillars are tetrangular.