Old vincinty of Yazd Photo

Photographer’s Note

The architecture of Yazd is unique, combining a proliferation of those graceful bad-girs (wind-towers) seen in central and southern Iran: the houses are surmounted by high turrets with openings oriented toward the dominant winds; these insure the ventilation of the lower parts of the house rather like air-vents on a ship. Enormous domes starting at ground level and also surmounted by air-vents act as protective roofs for deep water-tanks six, eight or ten meters below street level, which were reached by stair-cases. Yazdis of the present day retain their sterling qualities of old. They are strongly religious, whether their faith be Islam or the "Good Religion" of ancient Iran.

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humayun (530) 2007-12-01 21:37

hello tulip79..........
welcome to treakearte..........
amazing picture.....
nice arctakcher........
wel compo.........
weldon.......................

clyman80 (45) 2008-01-03 5:24

salam.
Nice shot from old architecture in yazd. you can find some notes in wikipedia about your photo and place it here. for example i find this note about windcatcher(badgir) that you take in upper right corner of your photo:
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A windcatcher (Bâdgir; بادگیر) is a traditional Persian architectural device used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings. It is not known who first invented the windcatcher, but it still can be seen in many countries today. Windcatchers come in various designs, such as the uni-directional, bi-directional, and multi-directional.
too see how this device works please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher
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or something else about yazd architecture...
Regards
Amir