Arg-é Bam

Partial view

former city gate

Arg-é Bam ( Persian ارگ بم) is an abandoned large, heavily fortified citadel in Bam in the Iranian province of Kerman , which is believed to have been built between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. Was founded.

It is the most striking building in the city; The entire population of the city lived here for over two millennia. Therefore, among other things, a mosque, an ice house , apartments and military facilities are located here . The building was used for military purposes until 1932. From the 19th century onwards, a new town had developed outside the fortifications, so that in 1932 the last inhabitants left Arg-é Bam.

The building has been a World Heritage Site since 2004 (part of "Bam and its cultural landscape").

On December 26, 2003, the structure was badly damaged by the 2003 Bam earthquake . Until then it was the largest earth building in the world. In 2004 the building was also included in the Red List of World Heritage in Danger; In 2013 it was discontinued.

The structure is managed by the Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism Organization . The building is currently being reconstructed with funds from abroad, among other things.

Web links

Commons : Arg-é Bam - collection of images, videos and audio files

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/arg-bam-ancient-citadel-destroyed-nature-and-reconstructed-humanity-007055
Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).

Footnotes

↑ Quotation: "There is no precise archaeological dating of the buildings of the Citadel of Bam. But through historic sources and ancient texts, the first human settlement in the area can be traced back to the fort built by the Achaemenians around 579-323 BC . " Bam and Arg-e-Bam, Iran: Auroville Earth Institute
↑ http://earth-auroville.com/bam_and_arg_e_bam_en.php
^ UNESCO: Bam and its Cultural Landscape. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
↑ https://www.smh.com.au/national/lost-beauty-that-was-bam-20040117-gdi68d.html
↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1031/
↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/reise/naher-osten/iran-das-wunder-von-bam/1484180.html

29.116944 58.368611Coordinates: 29 ° 7 ′ 1 ″ N , 58 ° 22 ′ 7 ″ E

[1] Quotation: "There is no precise archaeological dating of the buildings of the Citadel of Bam. But through historic sources and ancient texts, the first human settlement in the area can be traced back to the fort built by the Achaemenians around 579-323 BC . " Bam and Arg-e-Bam, Iran: Auroville Earth Institute

[2] ttp://earth-auroville.com/bam_and_arg_e_bam_en.php

[3] UNESCO: Bam and its Cultural Landscape. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .

[4] ttps://www.smh.com.au/national/lost-beauty-that-was-bam-20040117-gdi68d.html

[5] ttp://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1031/

[6] ttps://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/reise/naher-osten/iran-das-wunder-von-bam/1484180.html