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