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The Best Attractions In Yazd

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Yazd , formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located 270 km southeast of Esfahan. At the 2011 census, the population was 529,673, and it is currently 15th largest city in Iran. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd has a unique Persian architecture. It is nicknamed the City of Windcatchers from its many examples. It is also very well known for its Zoroastrian fire temples, ab anbars , qanats , yakhchals , Persian handicrafts, handwoven cloth , silk weaving, Persian Cotton Candy, and its time...
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  • 1. Old Town Yazd
    The Achaemenid Empire , also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia founded by Cyrus the Great. Ranging at its greatest extent from the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west to the Indus Valley in the east, it was larger than any previous empire in history, spanning 5.5 million square kilometers. Incorporating various peoples of different origins and faiths, it is notable for its successful model of a centralised, bureaucratic administration , for building infrastructure such as road systems and a postal system, the use of an official language across its territories, and the development of civil services and a large professional army. The empire's successes inspired similar systems in later empires.By the 7th century BC, the Persians had settled in the...
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  • 3. Zoroastrian Fire Temple Yazd
    A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians, often called dar-e mehr or agiyari . In the Zoroastrian religion, fire , together with clean water , are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white ash for the purification ceremonies [is] regarded as the basis of ritual life, which are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the temple [fire] is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity. For, one who sacrifices unto fire with fuel in his hand ..., is given happiness.As of 2017, there were 50 fire temples in Mumbai, 100 in the rest of India, and 27 in the rest of the world. There is a religious custom in India of not allowing Zoroastrian women to enter the Fire Temple and the Tower of Silence if they marry a non-Zoroastrian person. This...
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  • 4. Jame Mosque of Yazd Yazd
    The Jāmeh Mosque of Yazd is the grand, congregational mosque of Yazd city, within the Yazd Province of Iran. The mosque is depicted on the obverse of the Iranian 200 rials banknote.
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  • 10. Yazd Art House Yazd
    Yazd , formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located 270 km southeast of Esfahan. At the 2011 census, the population was 529,673, and it is currently 15th largest city in Iran. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd has a unique Persian architecture. It is nicknamed the City of Windcatchers from its many examples. It is also very well known for its Zoroastrian fire temples, ab anbars , qanats , yakhchals , Persian handicrafts, handwoven cloth , silk weaving, Persian Cotton Candy, and its time-honored confectioneries.
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  • 11. Water Museum Yazd
    A qanāt is a gently sloping underground channel to transport water from an aquifer or water well to surface for irrigation and drinking. This is an old system of water supply from a deep well with a series of vertical access shafts. The qanats still create a reliable supply of water for human settlements and irrigation in hot, arid, and semi-arid climates. The qanat technology was developed in ancient Iran by the Persian people sometime in the early 1st millennium BC, and spread from there slowly westward and eastward. This view is disputed by Tikrit, who argues a South-East Arabian origin for the technology. A pre-Archemaed Empire Arabian origin is also argued by the Underground Aqueducts Handbook. The Archemaed era Qanats of Gonabad is one of the oldest and largest qanats in the world b...
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  • 13. Museum of Zoroastrians History and Culture Yazd
    The Baku Ateshgah , often called the Fire Temple of Baku is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town , a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. Atash is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural eternal flame went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city.The Baku Ateshgah was a pilgrimage and philosophical centre of Zoroastr...
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