Vafrajin Village
This village is near Hamadan, in the district of Maryanaj in an elevated region. It has moderate summers and cold winters. “Vafr” in Kurdish means snow. In this village is the tomb of Imamzadeh Mohsen, (a descendant of Imam Hassan A.S.) In this vicinity is the tomb of one of the disciples of the Prophet […]
Handicrafts and Souvenirs
The most important handicraft of the province is earthenware and ceramics, and a place called ‘Lalejin’ (30 km. north of Hamadan) is famous for this handicraft. Besides earthenware and ceramics, there are the followings-carpet and ‘Kilim’ weaving (or a coarse carpet), clothing (mainly to do with the nomads), ‘jajeem’ (or a loosely woven woolen material), […]
Tomb of Esther and Mordechai
Tomb of Esther and Mordechai, Pronounce as Ester and Mardkhay monument or tomb is one of the most important shrines of the Jewish people of Iran and the world. This monument is registered as one of Iran’s cultural heritage relics. The existence of this shrine is an important factor in formation and persistence of Jewish […]
Alexander’s Prison
Ziyaiyeh School with about 8 centuries of historical background is located beside Twelve Imams Shrine in Fahadan Neighborhood in Yazd. This monument was established in 631 Hijri year by the famous scholar, Zia al-Din Hossein Reza and was completed in 705 Hijri by his sons, Majd al-Din Hassan and Sharaf al-Din Ali. This monument was […]
Vaqt Va Saat Square
This old square dates back to 8th century AH. Among the buildings around it worth mentioning are Seyed Roknedin School and an ancient water reservoir. There used to be astronomical observation installation (observatory) an endowment of the year 725 AH.and a clock. These in those times were important implements, and the square is so called […]
Haj Kazem Rasoolian House
This house which has been built over a century ago is located in the Sahl-ebne-Ali locality of Yazd and is an invaluable relic. The same was granted to the University of Yazd as an endowment in the year 1989. After renovation, it became the first base on Architectural and Civil Engineering College of Yazd. Now […]
Zurkhaneh Saheb-al-Zaman
Zurkhaneh sport is another name for Iranian traditional sports. The place where they do traditional sports is called a Zurkhaneh”. Apart from traditional sports, athletic wrestling is also done in Zurkhaneh. The world registry documents of athletic and zurkhaneh traditions were prepared by the efforts of Iranian Federation of Athletic and Zurkhaneh Sports with the […]
Dakhmeh
Zoroastrians Dakhme is also known as “Tower of Silence”. This Dakhme lies 15 kilometers southeast of Yazd around Safaiyeh District, on a low sedimentary mountain called “Dakme Mountain”. Dead bodies would be put in this tower in the past. In the distant past, the corpses would be placed on top the tower to be eaten […]
Jameh Mosque of Fahraj
The oldest Iranian mosque is located in one of the ancient villages of Yazd. Jameh Mosque of Fahraj lies 30 kilometers from Yazd City and goes back to the first half of century 1 AH. It is the only mosque of Islamic World whose building has not changed so far since it was constructed. This […]
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