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	Iran - Yazd: the 12th century Friday or Grand Mosque was built under Ala'oddoleh Garshasb of the Al-e Bouyeh dynasty			Iran - Yazd: twin minarets of the Takyeh Amir Chakhmagh mosque
	Iran - Yazd: vaulted facade of the Takyeh Amir Chakhmagh mosque			Iran - Yazd: shoemaker at work in the bazaar - cobbler
	Iran - Yazd: tower of silence or Dakhmeh, once used to dispose of dead bodies - to avoid contaminating the earth in Zoroastrian funerary tradition bodies were left to be eaten by the birds			Iran - Yazd: tower of silence and domes - Dakmeh-ye Zartoshtiyan
	Iran - Yazd: interior of a tower of silence or Dakhmeh - Muslim culture prevents Zoroastrians from using the dakhma			Iran - Yazd: tower of silence or Dakhmeh and the desert
	Iran - Yazd: cistern and windcatcher, windtower or "Badgir" - traditional Persian architectural device used to create natural ventilation			Iran - Yazd: cistern (ab anbar) and four wind towers
	Iran - Yazd: an elderly man slowly walks along the old streets of the desert city			Iran - Yazd: Zoroastrian faithful at a fire sanctuary
	Iran - Yazd: view from a minaret - avenue leading to the Dasht-e Kavir desert - clay brick architecture			Iran - Yazd: wind towers and clay brick architecture - the city is an oasis at the border between the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut deserts
	Iran - Yazd: terraces and wind tower - clay brick architecture			Iran - Yazd: view from a minaret - domes, wind towers and earth coloured houses