Abyaneh
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 Iran
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| Province : | Isfahan | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 35 ' N , 51 ° 36' E | ||
| Height : | 2500 m | ||
| Residents : | 305 (2006) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Abyāneh ( Persian ابیانه Abyane ) is a historic village in Isfahan Province in Iran . It is located 55 km from Kashan in the Shahrestan Natanz .
The reddish color and consequently known as the Red Village , the stepped place is located on the slopes of the Karkas Mountains on the Barzrud River. He is one of the oldest in the country. Narrow streets and steep paths lead through the village. Small torrents flow through Abyāneh. In the town center, these run partially covered under the streets and houses of the town. Today Abyaneh has about 300 inhabitants.
architecture
The houses in the center of the village are built quite uniformly and traditionally consist of a framework of timber, mud bricks and mixed straw . The doors of the houses are often adorned with decorations and engraved poems. Rain stresses the building material very heavily, so that the clay roofs require constant renewal.
However, the recent restoration work that has been increasingly carried out on the roofs using concrete cast and cement composite - not only in Abyāneh - has caused damage to traditional clay buildings , which can lead to the destruction of the building fabric in a relatively short period of time, since the abutments of the clay walls do not take the load on the other hand, roofs designed in this way can easily be irreparably undermined by rainwater.
Attractions
The sights of Abyāneh include the historic town center, a Zoroastrian fire temple and three forts from the Sassanid period , a pilgrimage site and 8 mosques. The Jame Mosque dates from the 11th century and the Porzaleh Mosque from the Ilkhan era . Other sights are the houses of Gholam Nader Shah and Nayeb Hossein Kaschi from the Qajar era .
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Culture
Abyāneh has often been referred to as the “gateway” to Iranian history . The local costume goes back to a style of clothing from antiquity that was able to hold up over the millennia despite repeated attempts to change it.
Typical female clothing includes a long white scarf with a colored floral pattern that covers the shoulders and the upper part of the torso, as well as a knee-length skirt. The style of clothing stands out from that of the neighboring villages, so that the inhabitants of Abyāneh can be clearly recognized. The city's educated residents also speak a Parthian Pahlavi dialect .
Until the Safavid rule, the inhabitants of Abyāneh mainly belonged to the Zoroastrian religious community. In the 16th century, however, their members largely moved to Yazd , but also to India .
Since 2005, archaeological studies have been carried out in Abyāneh by the Iranian Organization for Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism (ICHHTO). Abyāneh has been on the list of proposals for UNESCO World Heritage since 2007 .
photos
Traditional house
A woman in traditional clothing
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Web links
- Description of the location at iranparadise.com (English) ( memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on August 11, 2013
- Description of the place at irantouronline.com with directions and picture gallery (English) accessed on August 11, 2013
- Photos on Trekearth.com accessed on August 11, 2013
- Photos on pbase.com accessed on August 11, 2013
- Photos on Flickr (from Shapour Bahrami) accessed August 11, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sina Vodjani and Gabriele von Kröcher: Zarathustra. Membrane International, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 , pp. 114-119
- ↑ Sina Vodjani and Gabriele von Kröcher, p. 115
- ↑ UNESCO Tentative List