Kharanaq

Yazd · IRAN DIGITAL WALL

Kharanaq
Image source · Wikimedia CommonsÖrlygur Hnefill · CC BY 2.0Photograph cropped.

Kharanaq is a historic mud-brick settlement on the edge of the Yazd desert. A maze of lanes, multi-storey houses, a shaking minaret and a nearby caravanserai reveal architecture adapted to a village on caravan routes.