The Bam and its Cultural Landscape is a World Heritage site in Iran (Islamic Republic of) defined by the UNESCO in 2004 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 302 (385, 124) in our monthly survey..
"Bam is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau. The origins of Bam can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC). Its heyday was from the 7th to 11th centuries, being at the crossroads of important trade routes and known for the production of silk and cotton garments. The existence of life in the oasis was based on the underground irrigation canals, the qanats, of which Bam has preserved some of the earliest evidence in Iran. Arg-e Bam is the most representative example of a fortified medieval town built in vernacular technique using mud layers (Chineh )."
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