The city of Yazd in central Iran is sometimes called 'the pearl of the desert'. It exists thanks to the water brought from distant mountains by underground canals. It's main mosque has been built in 13th century (like the Notre Dame in Paris) and is perfectly preserved, together with tile work calligraphy. It looks like some houses around the mosque are in a less perfect state. However, the most famous place in the city is not the old mosque but a fire temple of the Zoroastrians. The building itself is not very old but the fire was lit millennia ago and is still burning.
Women
in Yazd (at least some of them) wear colourful chadors instead of
black ones, as elsewhere in Iran.
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| Yazd from above. |
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| The old mosque in Yazd |
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| Inside the old mosque in Yazd |
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| Wall calligraphy in the old mosque in Yazd |
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| Mullahs in Yazd |
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| Colourful chador of a Yazd woman |
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| Atashkade, or Fire temple, in Yazd. |
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| The sacred flame in Yazd |
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