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Yazd

• history
  according to britannica , Yazd ,also spelled Yezd, city, capital of Yazd province, central Iran. The city dates from the 5th century CE and was described as the “noble city of Yazd” by Marco Polo. It stands on a mostly barren sand-ridden plain about 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) above sea level. The climate is completely desertic. A network of qanats (tunnels dug to carry water) links Yazd with the edge of the nearby mountain Shīr Kūh. Historically, Yazd has been the link between Fārs and Khorāsān and between Persian Iraq and Kermān, and it was situated at the intersection of the trade routes from central Asia and India. It served as a provincial capital and earned the title of Dār al-ibada (Home of Piety), because of its many religious buildings. Some of the city’s inhabitants are Zoroastrians whose ancestors had fled toward Yazd and Kermān when the Muslim Arabs conquered Iran. Yazd is now the last centre of Zoroastrianism in Iran. Since Sāsānian times Yazd has been famous for beautiful silk textiles that were rivaled in later periods only by those of Kāshān and Eṣfahān. The city is still a major centre of silk weaving. It has spinning and weaving mills, a plant for the manufacture of water purification and filtration equipment, and considerable mining and quarrying activity; copper deposits nearby are processed at the Sar Cheshmeh facilities. Almonds, fruit, and some grain are grown near the city.for further information : click here

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• Tourist Attractions
  there are so many location for tourists such as Towers of Silence where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to final resting place ,or Alexander’s prison and so many other places .

  

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