7 Sights in Yazd, Iran (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Yazd, Iran! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Yazd. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Zoroastrian Fire Temple

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The Fire Temple of Yazd, also known as Yazd Atash Behram, is a Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd, Yazd province, Iran. It enshrines the Atash Bahram, meaning “Victorious Fire”, dated to 470 AD. It is one of the nine Atash Bahrams, the only one of the highest-grade fires in Iran, where Zoroastrians have practiced their religion since 400 BC; the other eight Atash Bahrams are in India. According to Aga Rustam Noshiravan Belivani, of Sharifabad, the Anjuman-i Nasiri opened the Yazd Atash Behram in the 1960s to non-Zoroastrian visitors.

Wikipedia: Fire Temple of Yazd (EN)

2. Ab Anbar of Kushk-e No Zarch

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Ab Anbar of Kushk-e No Zarchs1ingshot from Berlin, Germany / CC BY 2.0

The Kooshk-e-Naw Reservoir is related to the Safavid period and is located in Yazd, Seyyed Golsorkh Street, Kooshk-e-Nou Reservoir Alley, and this work was registered as one of the national monuments of Iran on April 3, 1978 with the registration number 1608.

Wikipedia: آب‌انبار کوشک نو (FA)

3. Water reservoir

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The reservoir of six windmills belongs to the contemporary period and is located in Yazd, the neighborhood of six windmills, and this work was registered as one of the national monuments of Iran on March 24, 1978 with the registration number 1600.

Wikipedia: آب‌انبار شش بادگیر (FA)

4. Mola Esmail Mosque

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Mulla Ismail Mosque is related to the Qajar period and is located in Yazd, the alley of the neighborhood of Mulla Hassan Mosque, and this work was registered as one of the national monuments of Iran on December 26, 1973 with the registration number 964. This mosque was built by Mulla Ismail Afshar, one of the men and elders of the court of Nader Shah, who was originally from the city of Tabriz.

Wikipedia: مسجد ملا اسماعیل (FA)

5. حسینیه فهادان

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Hosseinieh Fahadan "Forest" is related to the Qajar period and is located in Yazd, Fahadan neighborhood of "Jungle", alley of the Great Hosseinieh, and this work has been registered as one of Iran's national monuments on March 1.

Wikipedia: حسینیه فهادان (FA)

6. مسجد فُرط

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Farat Mosque is related to the middle centuries of post-Islamic historical periods and is located in Yazd, Dar al-Shifa neighborhood, near Mehrijerd Gate, and this work was registered as one of the national monuments of Iran on January 5, 1997 with the registration number 1825.

Wikipedia: مسجد فرط (FA)

7. Bodhem-e-Davazdah Emam

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Davāzdah Imām, also known as The Shrine of the Twelve Imams, is an 11th-century mausoleum and ziyarat (shrine) in the Fahadan quarter of Yazd, Iran. It is the earliest-dated building in Yazd. It is adjacent to Zendan-e Eskandar. The building is made of brick, and the inside bears inscriptions of the names of The Twelve Imams.

Wikipedia: Davāzdah Imām (EN)

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