Iran: the clay city of Yazd

Yazd, or Yazd, is one of the most ancient cities of Iran, built mainly from clay houses (we are talking about the historical center). Mention of the city appeared in the III millennium BC. e. Being far from historical capitals, Yazd was able to avoid brutal destruction, due to which many architectural monuments and cultural relics of ancient times were preserved in the city.

Of all my travels in Iran, Yazd unanimously liked me the most. We spent three days in it. And not because for a night in an authentic hotel we paid only 190 rubles per person (with breakfast!). It's just that the city is incredibly interesting.

Today a tour of the old clay roofs of Yazd.

This is our hotel. More precisely, like ours, only abandoned. This is the layout of a standard classic mansion. In the center is a garden with trees, a pool, a fountain, tables or ottomans on the sides. We had a restaurant under the dome, and on the sides of the garden there were rooms - cramped but cozy.

The main thing is to find a way out to the roof. The easiest option is to go up to the "viewing platform" of the hotel, at the entrance of which there is a sign "roof view" or "top roof view". We went up for free, giving in exchange cards with Moscow views.

You can walk along the roofs of Yazd for a very long time. Most houses are close to each other, and it is possible to move from one roof to another. The main thing is to watch where you are stepping, some areas fall apart underfoot.

Jami Mosque:

Panorama of the old city, which has been preserved in the form in which it existed many centuries ago.

The clay city is famous for its wind towers. Wind towers, or badgirs, are designed to cool the air in living quarters and reservoirs.

Many of the buildings in the city center are crooked and rickety, with frightening cracks:

Light wells on the roof of one of the bazaar galleries. Below it looks like this:

And this is one of the crossroads of the streets. The view from the roof:

The bottom view is approximately the same or similar:

Evening Yazd is beautiful:

Walking around the old bazaar, I found an open door with access to the roof. I remember it was damn hot too. I climbed up and went towards the hotel. I walked for about half an hour, climbed from roof to roof, somewhere it was easy, but somewhere it was not easy. So I walked until I ran into the street. It was necessary to go down, but all the doors were locked.