The Zoroastrian Houses of Yazd

Posted on 8 February, 2010 by Support

By: Ryszard Antolak, April 2005

A review of the article by Mary Boyce

Sometimes old buildings possess the virtue to express far better than words the fears and uncertainties of nations or religious groups. The old Zoroastrian houses of Yazd are one such example. Civil and religious persecution have dictated the style and pattern of their unusual architecture. Memories of repression are encoded in the design of their thick adobe walls. They are voices frozen into stone.

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Courtesy : Ruby Sanjana

Filed under: History, Miscellaneous

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