Dowlatabad Garden
Dowlatabad Garden is a historical garden in Yazd, Iran. Its 33.8 meters tall windcatcher is the tallest adobe-made windcatcher in the world. It was listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 2011, as part of the Persian gardens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Ali Karimzadeh 1355, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: garden in Yazd, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Bagh-e Dolat Abad”, “Bagh-e Dolatabad”, “Bagh-i Dolat Abad”, “Bagh-i Dolatabad”, “Dolat Abad Garden”, “Dolat-Abad Garden”, “Dolatabad Garden”, “Dowlat Abad”, and “بادگیر باغ دولت آباد”
- Roof shape: round
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emamzadeh Jafar and Moshir Caravanserai hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yazd and Kheyrabad.
Yazd
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yazd is a desert city in central Iran and the capital of the Yazd province. It is an ancient city dating back to the Sassanian period. It is nicknamed "the City of Windcatchers" in Persian, and in 2017, this city of 530,000 people was listed by as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kheyrabad
Suburb
Kheyrabad is a neighborhood in the city of Yazd in the Central District of Yazd County, Yazd province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Fajr Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Shahneh. Kheyrabad is situated 5 km southwest of Dowlatabad Garden.
Akramabad
Village
Akramabad is a village in Akramabad Rural District of Akramabad District, Yazd County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district. Akramabad is situated 6 km southeast of Dowlatabad Garden.
Dowlatabad Garden
- Categories: Persian garden, cultural property, tower, building, and tourism
- Location: Yazd, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.90181° or 31° 54′ 7″ northLongitude
54.35377° or 54° 21′ 14″ eastElevation
1,213 metres (3,980 feet)Height
34 metres (111 feet)Open location code
8H3PW923+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 474167378OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=round
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dowlatabad Garden” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حديقة دولت آباد”
- Belarusian: “Сад Даўлетабад”
- Italian: “Bagh-e Dolat Abad”
- Italian: “Giardino Dolat Abad”
- Kirghiz: “Даулат Абад багы”
- Persian: “باغ دولتآباد”
- Russian: “Сад Доулетабад”
- Slovenian: “Dovlatabadski vrt”
- Turkish: “Devletabad Bahçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Довлатабад”
- Urdu: “دولت آباد باغ”
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