Bam Citadel (Lost Beauty) | Iran

[Cyrus]

:(

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/16/1073878018823.html?oneclick=true

In Iran's remote south-east there is a desert known as the Plains of Emptiness. For thousands of kilometres, a wasteland of stones and dust is beaten by unremitting sun.
People have lived here in scattered settlements since the 4th millennium BC, but only one permanent township was established in the region. Travellers following the Silk Road from China through Persia had a single place of respite in this testing stage of their journey: Bam.
Bam was founded around the time of Christ during Persia's Parthian period. At an oasis 350 kilometres from Iran's modern border with Pakistan, a walled city was built from unbaked clay bricks, palm trunks, straw and stones. The governor's residence was surrounded by hundreds of houses, a caravanserai and a bazaar.
In the city's infancy, a Zoroastrian temple was constructed for the worship of a sacred fire. Later, a church, synagogue and mosque were added for the benefit of residents and travellers.
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Now we can see it just in the pics: :(

http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.a.jaquin/images/bam1.jpg

http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam11.jpg http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam10.jpg

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http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam09.jpg http://www.iranyellowpages.net/images/about_iran/art_gallery/arg_e_bam/arg_e_Bam01.jpg

http://www.iranyellowpages.net/images/about_iran/art_gallery/arg_e_bam/arg_e_Bam07.jpg http://www.iranyellowpages.net/images/about_iran/art_gallery/arg_e_bam/arg_e_Bam06.jpg

http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam05.jpg http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam04.jpg

http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam13.jpg http://www.iranyellowpages.net/Images/About_iran/Art_gallery/Arg_e_bam/Arg_e_Bam12.jpg

[Effer]

It kida looks ugly. 6/10

[Phobos]

7/10

[Henk]

Looks a bit like a big sandcastle. 8/10.

[Josh]

9/10 I like it! Will they rebuild it?

[Cyrus]

yes they are rebuilding it but it takes many years.

[bnmaddict]

Awesome and unique fortified city! Hope they'll rebuild it quickly! :)

9/10

[El_Greco]

8.5/10

[prsn41ife]

all you people who say its ugly and looks like a sand caslte, just think about how old it is...idiots

[Fabio]

8/10

[Sinjin P.]

9.5/10 Nice but they just look like Sand castles by the sea. :D

[forvine]

9/10

[JohnnyMass]

10/10 a precious work of art. I hope they rebuild the whole thing.

[shugs]

LOL well they have to model sand castles on some thing ;)

I believe they rebuilt it once before in the 15th/16th century

10/10... hopefully il get to see it some day... when its rebuilt ofcourse :P

[Valia]

10/10

magnificient and original sand work, that was a unique place. I hope the rebuild of this heritage city.

[Ellatur]

10/10

[marpa]

9,5/10

[Mosaic]

7/10

[delmaule]

8/10

[Popiel]

10/10

[TU 'cane]

8/10 kinda of cool looking

[LMCA1990]

10/10

[ZZ-II]

10/10 :eek:

[(((myx)))]

9.5 :D

[Fundador]

8/10:)

[Nikkodemo]

Awesome!!

9/10

[Astralis]

9/10

[Ballota]

8.5/10 :okay:

[stasiua]

For me the ones "monuments" are a bit different from European. They didn't survive so much what our, don't have such a wealth in themselves. Apart from that climatic conditions are completely different. But any way, well, that and these cultures have their stories and historic places and buildings. 7/10