Wind Tower

15

Dec
2020
Wind Tower
Posted by: mehdi rafiei /5050

Badgir or wind tower is a kind of tower constructed on top of the roof of the houses in Yazd and other cities in the desert to capture wind flow and to lead it to the room under for ventilation.

Do not worry about hot wind because a cool water basin under the tower would add some moisture to it and make it cooler.

12

Dec
2020
Fire Temple
Posted by: mehdi rafiei /34780

Yazd Zoroastrian fire temple is a holy monument in which the 1500-year old fire is maintained.

The fire is one the 4 holly elements for the Zoroastrian and also the most important one because not only it's not been contaminated...

buali hamedan

01

Dec
2020
Hamedan an ancient city
Posted by: mehdi rafiei /4650

Hamedan is the ancient capital of the Medes kingdom, the predecessors of the Persians of the same Indo-Iranian lineage.

The remains of Hegmataneh, so the city was called in Antiquity, can be visited at the archaeological site under the same name in the city without any trace of 7 legendary walls surrounding the city is found, each one had to be colored differently, one gold the other silver according to Herodotus.

01

Oct
2020
Shiraz city of Wine
Posted by: mehdi rafiei /19670

Shiraz the city of the wine and the poetry. Its inhabitants are known for their savoir-vivre and their epicureanism. A soft climate where the winds of the Persian Gulf blow, it is the favorite city of travelers.

20

Sep
2020
Persian literature
Posted by: mehdi rafiei /22140

With over three millenniums of literary history, Iran has one the most prosperous and diverse literature traditions in the world..

Although very few works survived from pre-Islamic periods but even those works are proving to be fantastic masterpieces