The small city of Abarqu lies on the road connecting Shiraz with Yazd, 200 km southwest of Yazd. Abarqu was a very prosperous city during the 11th and 15th, when it was a resting station along the road between Shiraz and Yazd. The city has a number of attractions including the remains of a huge ice house, a mosque and a huge, 4000 years old cypress tree ("Sarv-e-Abarghood"), the eldest in Iran
01 Ice house 02 Inside the ice house 03 Ice house entrance 04 Ice house 05 Ice house
06 4000 years old cypress tree 07 4000 years old cypress tree 08 4000 years old cypress tree 09 4000 years old cypress tree 10 4000 years old cypress tree
11 4000 years old cypress tree 12 Mud brick houses
13 Mud brick houses
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