Torres del Silencio (Yazd). Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun. Irán.
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- Distance
- 0.75 mi
- Elevation gain
- 118 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 118 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,311 ft
- TrailRank
-
40
5
- Min elevation
- 4,163 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 115
- Uploaded
- January 6, 2017
near Dakhīmeh, Yazd (Iran)
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Interesting visit to the Yazd Towers of Silence, also known as Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun.
They are two funerary towers of the Zoroastrian religion, which is still practiced in Iran. Until the 70s of the last century they were still used to leave the dead inside so that vultures and the sun could decompose them and feed on them. Currently they have lost that use (which may seem macabre to Westerners, although worms do exactly the same in our latitudes) and are a tourist site on the outskirts of this beautiful Iranian city.
We only visited one of the two towers. Below were other interesting buildings, like some cisterns.
They are two funerary towers of the Zoroastrian religion, which is still practiced in Iran. Until the 70s of the last century they were still used to leave the dead inside so that vultures and the sun could decompose them and feed on them. Currently they have lost that use (which may seem macabre to Westerners, although worms do exactly the same in our latitudes) and are a tourist site on the outskirts of this beautiful Iranian city.
We only visited one of the two towers. Below were other interesting buildings, like some cisterns.
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Car park
4,167 ft
Archaeological site
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Hi
Im from yazd,i woul like if you right to english
Best wishes
Hi sdmozaffary!
Sorry for my delay in answering you. I didn´t read yor message until now. My wife and I enjoy, not only our visit to Yazd, but all the places we visited that xmas at that beautiful country where you live, and especially loved the people that live there. You live in a very amzing place, that I would like to revisit when we can.
Hope you are ok, now in these so hard times of pandemia.
Best wishes for you! And thanks a lot for your assesstment.