Golshan House
A great mud-brick Qajar house at the Yazd by the name Golshan traditional house. The house is located in the vicinity of Golshan Ab- Anbar(water reservoir), butchers gate alley, 10th Farvardin Street, Tal neighborhood. The building dates back to the Qajar dynasty (about 126 years ago). The house belonged to Haj Ali Akbar Mahalli Tali one of the most famous traders of Yazd, then it was devoted to his daughter, Bibi Fatima, and her husband, Haj HosseinGolshan, thus it was named Gulshan house.

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Molla Agha Baba Synagogue
Yazd, with its sacred buildings for all three Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Muslim religions in the heart of the old neighborhoods, has prepared the best conditions for the peaceful life of religions. The peaceful life of religions in Yazd is a very important issue not only in Iran but also in the world, which has been emphasized in the world registration of Yazd by UNESCO.

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Yazd Houses
With more than 10.000 years old of urbanization especially in harsh situations like Iran's desert, Iran has one of the treasures of the world's architectural history.
This valuable experience is the result of Iran's climatic diversity - long history and discovering suitable solutions for living in the harsh climatic conditions of Iran. Unfortunately, today many of these old and efficient solutions have lost their effectiveness or are not considered due to the expansion of cities and modern life.

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Dakhma or Tower of Silence
Dakhma or in Avestan:  the tower of silence is one of the sacred places for Zoroastrians of Yazd. A tower for the funerary ceremony on a hill close to the Zoroastrian fire Temple in Yazd. Tall towers are built of brick or stone and contain a surface for the corpses. After vultures have picked the bones clean, they fall into a pit below, thereby fulfilling the injunction that a corpse must not suffer contact with either fire or earth.

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Fire Temple
The most famous Iranian Zoroastrian Fire Temple. This picturesque building with a Sassanid design is located in a lush green garden courtyard. It keeps a holy flame that is said to have been burning since around 470 AD which is visible just through a window from the entrance hall. the oldest monotheistic religions of the world the name of Zoroastrian followers appreciate it(not worship).

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Category: Yazd Historical Sites