#arg-e-bam

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

“Retrofuturism” by Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar 

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Arg-e-Bam - Castles of the Middle East (13/?)

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Arg-é Bam

Arg-e Bam was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kermān Province of southeastern Iran.  The entire building was a large fortress dating to at least 500  BC.  The 2003 Earthquake in Bam destroyed more than 80 percent of the citadel.  Several countries are cooperating in the reconstruction, among them Japan, Italy, and France.  A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This enormous citadel on the Silk Road can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC).

Images:   Sergio Pessolano, Sacred Sites, MAJID’S