Kids of Yazd, Iran
While hitchhiking through wonderful Iran, random kids in Yazd started running after me and welcoming me to their country
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Iran / Yazd Amir Chakhmaq Complex Part 38
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The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچقماق )is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves. It is a mosque located on a square of the same name. It also contains a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery. At night, the building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which makes it a spectacle.During the Iran-Iraq War and the Iraq wars with the United States and Afghanistan, many Iraqis and Afghanis have come to inhabit the Amir Chakhmaq Square.
The mosque is located on a square of the same name, named after Amir Jalaleddin Chakhmaq, a governor of Yazd during the Timurid dynasty (15th-16th century CE). Separate living areas for Iraqis and Afghanis are nearby. The complex is situated opposite what was the Yazd Water Museum.
The prominent structure has a three-storey elaborate façade of symmetrical sunken arched alcoves.It is the largest structure in Iran. In the centre are two very tall minarets. The spiral staircase in one of the two minarets is said to create a feeling of claustrophobia, while it provides views of Yazd. At night, the building is lit up with orange lighting in the alcoves which makes it a spectacle. The complex also contains a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionary. The bathhouse, in the front of the building is around 600 years old.Arcades have been added recently on the flanks to provide safety from traffic. Only the first floor above the ground level is accessible. There is a shopping complex in the basement of structure. This is a grand structure of which many innocents souls spent their lives.The complex includes the three-storey tekyeh which used to commemorate the death of Hussein ibn Ali. In the corner of the tekyeh, there is a nakhl, described as a strong, wooden object with very large metal fixtures and studs. It was venerated during the Shiite commemoration festival of Ashura.
Amir-Chaghmaq Square, according to Dr. Vahdat Zad, an architectural historian who has worked extensively on the spatial aspects of the square, was built in the 15th century by Jalal-al-Din Amir-Chakhmaq, the governor of Yazd in the Timurid era. This square was established on the north side of an important mosque called the Old Mosque, known today as Amir-Chakhmaq Mosque. According to Vahdat Zad, the mosque was also founded by Amir-Chakhmaq between 1418 and 1438. The same year the mosque was inaugurated, Haj Qanbar Jahanshahi, who was the subsequent governor, constructed a bazaar and caravanserai at the sides of the square.Many parts of the complex deteriorated until the 18th century in the Safavid era, when Bahador Khan Shams Yousef Meibodi renovated some parts and reconstructed the caravanserai in the same location.The complex again encountered erosion until the late 19th century when, according to Vahdat Zad, the Tekyeh was built by Abu-al-Qasim Rashti at the entrance of the bazaar.Wikipedia
Iran/ Bazaar Yazd Part 51
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Yazd Bazaar:
Yazd’s bazaar is one of the oldest and most interesting historical places of the central Iranian town. It is commensurable equal in significance and grandeur with the Yazd grand mosque. The bazaar is a major center for bargain and the exchange of goods. Though in ruins, the remnant bazaar’s niches and domes are a reminiscent of a glorious past.
Like the Vakil bazaar, the Yazd bazaar is home to a branch office of the former Royal Bank. There is no complete information, however, as to when or who established the bank branch office.
During the past years, the bazaar was a major hub for trade, containing several key industries such as textiles, saddler and shoemaking. Even customers from outside Yazd frequented the emporium.
The invasion of mechanized industries however, has played down the role of some of the traditional businesses lying at the heart of the bazaar.
Since the ramparts of the “old” Yazd is located north of the bazaar, it may be concluded that the bazaar had been erected somewhere outside the town.
During the summers, the weather in the bazaar is moderate, whereas in winters it is cold. There are some inlets all over the bazaar ceiling which let in limited beams of light.
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A report about the youth in Iran broadcasted on german TV show heute-journal on the 14th of january 2008
Varzesh-e Pahlavani (Yazd)
Iranian mystical traditional exercise routine. Check the Wikipedia entry for proper info.
Saturday night with an Iranian family | Music in the Islamic Republic
Iranian laws strictly limit the freedom to sing and dance even if you are at your own house, as seen on this video. Watch from 10:00 to 11:30 to feel what it is like to be playing music at home and then suddenly hear from one of the women and kids that it seems like somebody called at the door...
Ardakan, Yazd- Historical Texture at night- کوچه های بافت تاریخی اردکان در شب
Ardakan, this gem of desert in Iran, looks wonderful at night.
Ardakan is an ancient city, about 60 km away from Yazd, Iran.
Mahbibi Traditional House, is an ecolodge and guesthouse in this beautiful city, located in the historical texture. Find us on google map:
اردکان، الماس کویر ایران، در شب هم بی نظیر است.
این شهر تاریخی در 60 کیلومتری مرکز یزد واقع شده است.
خانه تاریخی ماه بی بی، یک اقامتگاه سنتی است که در بافت تاریخی اردکان قرار دارد. ما را روی نقشه بیابید:
Night Time at the Jameh Mosque Yazd Iran December 2013
In Yazd, Iran
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Jazd nocą - Yazd by night - Jungle Hotel - Iran
Jazd nocą - Yazd by night - Jungle Hotel - Iran
Iran Boruiyeh natural protected area, Winter 1398, Boruiyeh village, Khatam منطقه حفاظت شده برويه
December 22, 2019 (Persian calendar 1398/10/1)
Yazd province (استان يزد)
Khatam county (شهرستان خاتم)
Central district (بخش مركزي)
Fath-Abad rural district (دهستان فتح آباد)
Boruiyeh village (روستاي برويه)
Boruiyeh village (روستاي برويه) Geo coordinate
29°58′15″N, 54°05′47″E
Iran Boruiyeh natural protected area, Winter 1398, Boruiyeh village, Khatam county
منطقه حفاظت شده برويه شهرستان خاتم ايران
عاشورا ایران یزد مهریز Ashura Iran Yazd Mehriz
عاشورا ایران یزد مهریز Ashura Iran Yazd Mehriz
Iran/ Driving through modern Yazd City Part 52
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Yazd:
Yazd is a city in central Iran and the capital of the Yazd province. It is an ancient city dating back to the Sassanian Period (224-651 AD).
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Masjid-e Jame
Atashkadeh – Zoroastrian fire temple
Amir Chakhmakh Complex
A traditional roofed alley, represents the old fabric of the city
Masjid-e Jame (Friday Mosque), Masjid-e Jame street, which runs off Imam St. Dating back to the fourteenth century, it is well worth a visit. It is an example of finest Persian mosaics and excellent architecture. Its minarets are the highest in the country. Admire it at night when it is lit up.
Yazd Water Museum, Imam St corner. House converted to a museum with a lot of information about the Canat water distribution system. Contains nice cool underground rooms. Free.
Takyeh Amir Chakhmagh (Amir Chakhmagh Complex). Originally a mosque, a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery, this imposing structure fronts a square in the old town, opposite the water museum. You can pay a small amount to go inside and climb to the top, giving good local views, including of a nearby badgir (water reservoir with wind towers). The square has interesting fountains and is nice at night.
Cistern of Fatemeh-ye-Golshan. Easily-viewed reservoir with 4 badgirs (wind towers).
Amir Chakhmagh Mosque (Old Mosque). Mosque next to the Amir Chakhmagh Complex
Market Square Clock, Imam St.
Atashkadeh (Zoroastrian Fire Temple), Kashani Road (a few kilometres from the old town; a taxi might be best). The fire on the inside has supposedly been burning since AD 470. Free but donations appreciated.
Dakhmeh (Zoroastrian Towers of Silence). Huge circular walls on top of hills, where the dead were left to be picked clean by vultures. A quiet, serene place
Alexander's Prison. Neither built by Alexander the Great nor a prison, but a 15th-century domed school which is quite an interesting sight with a cafe in the 'prison room'. Guides say the deep well in the middle of its courtyard was built by Alexander the Great and was used as a dungeon although this is not confirmed. Also called Ziaiyyeh school.
Dowlat Abad Gardens. With a building with a beautiful large badgir. One of nine Persian gardens inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
beautiful city Yazd
اولین کانال اینترنتی ایرانیان اروپا
Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd has a unique Persian architecture. It is nicknamed the City of Windcatchers (شهر بادگیرها Shahr-e Badgirha) from its many examples. It is also very well known for its Zoroastrian fire temples, ab anbars (cisterns), qanats (underground channels), yakhchals (coolers), Persian handicrafts, handwoven cloth (Persian termeh), silk weaving, Persian Cotton Candy, and its time-honored confectioneries. Yazd is also known as City of Bicycles, because of its old history of bike riders, and the highest amount of bicycle per capita in Iran. It is reported that bicycle culture is entered and developed from Yazd, in contacting with the European visitors and tourists in the last century
The name is derived from Yazdegerd I, a Sassanid ruler of Persia. The city was definitely a Zoroastrian center during Sassanid times.[citation needed] The word yazd means God.[8] After the Arab conquest of Iran, many Zoroastrians migrated to Yazd from neighboring provinces. By paying a levy, Yazd was allowed to remain Zoroastrian even after its conquest, and Islam only gradually became the dominant religion in the city.
Because of its remote desert location and the difficulty of access, Yazd remained largely immune to large battles and the destruction and ravages of war. For instance, it was a haven for those fleeing from destruction in other parts of Persian Empire during the Mongol invasion. In 1272 it was visited by Marco Polo, who remarked on the city's fine silk-weaving industry. In the book The Travels of Marco Polo, he described Yazd in the following way:
It is a good and noble city, and has a great amount of trade. They weave there quantities of a certain silk tissue known as Yasdi, which merchants carry into many quarters to dispose of. When you leave this city to travel further, you ride for seven days over great plains, finding harbour to receive you at three places only. There are many fine woods producing dates upon the way, such as one can easily ride through; and in them there is great sport to be had in hunting and hawking, there being partridges and quails and abundance of other game, so that the merchants who pass that way have plenty of diversion. There are also wild asses, handsome creatures. At the end of those seven marches over the plain, you come to a fine kingdom which is called Kerman.
Yazd briefly served as the capital of the Muzaffarid Dynasty in the fourteenth century, and was unsuccessfully besieged in 1350–1351 by the Injuids under Shaikh Abu Ishaq. The Friday (or Congregation) mosque, arguably the city's greatest architectural landmark, as well as other important buildings, date to this period. During the Qajar dynasty (18th century AD) it was ruled by the Bakhtiari Khans.
Under the rule of the Safavid (16th century), some people migrated from Yazd and settled in an area that is today on the Iran-Afghanistan border. The settlement, which was named Yazdi, was located in what is now Farah City in the province of the same name in Afghanistan. Even today, people from this area speak with an accent very similar to that of the people of Yazd.
One of the notable things about Yazd is its family-centered culture.[citation needed] According to official statistics from Iran's National Organization for Civil Registration, Yazd is among the three cities with the lowest divorce rates in Iran.
Zurkhaneh - Saheb A Zaman Club, Yazd | Iran
Perzské Zurkhaneh v tradičnej posilňovni Saheb A Zaman Club, ktorý sa nachádza v priestoroch vodného rezervoára pri Chakmaq Square v Yazde. Netradičný spôsob cvičenia pri speve a bubnovaní sa vám určite zapáči.
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Balade dans la vieille ville de Yazd, en Iran. Mai 2012.
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Desert Vibes in Yazd - Things to do & Tips (Inside Iran, Episode 04)
We take you to the desert in our final Inside Iran episode - again we tell you fun things to do in Yazd and experience beautiful sunsets in the old town and the loot desert
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Yazd is located 270 km southeast of Esfahan and has a history of over 5,000 years, dating back to the time of the Median empire, when it was known as Issatis. The present city name, however, is derived from Yazdegerd I, a Sassanid ruler of Persia.
Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd has a unique Persian architecture and is one of the largest cities built almost entirely out of adobe. To deal with the extremely hot summers, many old buildings in Yazd have magnificent wind towers, and large underground areas. This is why the city is nicknamed the City of Windcatchers“.
We used our time in the city to explore the best things to do in Yazd by focussing on attractions and spots that are interesting for younger travelers paired with important landmarks like the Jameh Mosque. But we also got to try typical dishes from the region and the famous Yazd sweets to show you the whole spectra of Persian cuisine.
This part of the trip was executed within 4 days - following I list all the places I visited & Things to do in Yazd:
- old town
- jameh mosque
- dowlat abad garden
- windtower in the dowlat abad garden
- art house cafe
- fooka restaurant
- cafe iraní
- silk road hotel
- talar restaurant
- amir chakhmaq complex
- dasht-e loot (loot desert)
This video is part of „Inside Iran“ - a documentary series introducing you to popular and unknown sights / things to do in Iran as well as the Persian cuisine and the super friendly locals we met on our trip from Tehran to Isfahan, Shiraz and Yazd. With this series I want to create a better understanding of the country and it’s people without focussing on politics or religion.
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