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Tourist Spot 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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  • 7. Amir Chakhmagh Yazd
    The Amir Chakhmaq Complex 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.
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