INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest.Fortifications in
antiquity were designed primarily to defeat attempts at the escalade, and to the defense of territories in warfare, and were also used to
The Ancient Egyptians also built fortresses on the frontiers of the Nile Valley to protect against invaders from neighboring
Wedged between the northern Dasht-e Kavir and the southern Dasht-e Lut on a flat plain, the ancient city enjoys a very harmonious
destination by almost all of its visitors
The city is full of mudbrick houses that are equipped with innovative badgirs (wind catchers), atmospheric alleyways, and many Islamic and
Iranian monuments that shape its eye-catching city landscape.Some say it is a living testimony to the intelligent use of limited available
resources in the desert for survival
Water is brought to the city by the qanat system
Each district of the city is built on a qanat and has a communal center.Furthermore, the use of earth in buildings includes walls and roofs
through the construction of vaults and domes
Houses are built with courtyards below ground level, serving underground areas
Wind-catchers, courtyards, and thick earthen walls create a pleasant microclimate.The historical core of Yazd is chockfull of mudbrick
houses, bazaars, public bathhouses, water cisterns, mosques, synagogues, Zoroastrian temples, and the historical gardens.From the divine
point of view, the city enjoys the peaceful coexistence of three religions: Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.Furthermore, Yazd is home to
numerous qanats which have supplied water to agricultural and permanent settlements for thousands of years
The man-carved underground qanat system, in fact, relies on snow-fed streams flowing down the foothills of surrounding mountains.The
earliest water supply to Yazd is estimated to date from the Sassanid era (224 to 651 CE)
However, many others have been continually repaired and used over time, and most surviving Ab-Anbars (traditional mudbrick cisterns) can be
