Tourist & Resident Guide to Iran

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Yazd Meybod Fort

Yazd Meybod Fort

One of the most evocative towns in Iran, Yazd is also one of the oldest. The town has historic connections with Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism).

Yazd Meybod Fort, Iran.

Naryn Castle (or Narin Qal'eh) refers to this massive fort in Meybod, known as the largest adobe fortress city in Iran after Bam Citadel. It once served as a stronghold with sophisticated plumbing and defense systems for millennia, with structures dating back to Median, Achaemenid, Sassanid, and Islamic eras.

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