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13-JUN-2014 Jola Dziubinska

Water Museum

Yazd/ یزد‎ , Iran

The Yazd Water Museum was opened in 2000 inside a 19th century house, and it features exhibits of water storage vessels and historical technologies related to water.
Qanat (Kariz) system is an ancient Persian system to bring water from far away to the middle of deserts. Iranians has been doing it for more than 2500 years and it's gone to China, Spain, Africa countries and even Mexico later.

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Buz Kiefer18-Jul-2014 19:11
Fine capture of this amazing craftsmanship. Vote.
Coleen Perilloux Landry30-Jun-2014 19:13
Did we learn "smocking" from them or did they learn this from smocking?
fotabug30-Jun-2014 18:37
How beautiful!
MarcViskens30-Jun-2014 18:27
very pretty Jola
The Ellisons30-Jun-2014 18:09
That's some beautiful stucco work, wow. ~V~
Helen Betts30-Jun-2014 17:11
Fascinating with the white detail, so different from what else I've seen. V.
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