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Yazd

Yazd is an ancient city in central Iran between the famous cities of Isfahan and

Kerman, surrounded by desert with an area of 72,000 km2. The population of Yazd

was 327,000 in 1996. A  large number of Zorastrians still live in Yazd.

The history of Yazd dates back to the time of Alexander the Great, one thousand

years before the introduction of Islam. During the Sassanid Empire (AD 224-651), the

city of Yazd was an important center for silk production and silk textile throughout the

13th century. Marco Polo, the famous Italian traveler (1254-1324) who traveled on

the Silk Road, on his way to Goby Desert visited the city of Yazd and mentioned the

golden thread fabrics made by the textile makers of Yazd

The city of Yazd’s first mention in historic records predate it back to around 3000 years B.C. when it was related to by the name of Ysatis, and was then part of the domain of Medes, an ancient settler of Iran.

During the invasion of Genghis Khan in the early 1200’s A.D. Yazd became a safe haven and home for many artists, intellectuals and scientists fleeing their war ravaged cities around Persia.

•Persepolis (Capital of Persia in Greek) or Takht-e Jamshid (The Throne of Jamshid) became summer capital of Achaemenian after Pasargadae. The construction of this impressive palace started by Darius I, one of Cyrus's successors, in about 518 BC. Was completed over a period of 150 years by subsequent kings Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I. It was burned down during Alexander the Great occupation in 331 BC.

The largest and most complex building in Persepolis was the audience hall, or Apadana with 72 columns. Persepolis is situated some 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of Iran (Persia)

 

 

This is Yazd's "Fire Temple". The intitates meet there, but nobody apart form the Grand Priest, a descendant of the Magi, reciting the Avesta, has access to the Saint of Saints where for th past 3000 years a fire burns in a brazen vessel. The fire itself is a representation of what is good.