The historical Iranian city of Yazd has been added to UNESCO’s coveted World Heritage List at the World Heritage Committee’s 41st session, which took place in Krakow on July 9.
Yazd Is Now A World Heritage City
Cistern in Yazd, Iran
Pahlevanpour Garden, YAZD, Iran
Iranian Zoroastrians celebrate the time-honored Sadeh Festival in Yazd, Iran
Yazd has long been a center for Iranian architecture. The city served as a sanctuary for Zoroastrians who fled persecution of Arab invaders of the Persian Empire in 633 AD. UNESCO Committee inscribed historic city of Yazd as the first historic city in Iran on July 9, 2017.
Pahlevanpour Garden, Yazd, Iran
Pahlevanpour Garden, Yazd, Iran
Zoroastrian temple, Yazd, Iran
An abandoned village near the city of Yazd, Iran
Yazd, Iran