Saryazd Castle
Sar Yazd Castle alternatively spelled Saryazd is a Sassanid fortification in the village of Sar Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran. It is located 50 kilometers south of the city of Yazd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Mehriz County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Sar Yazd Fortress” and “ارگ سریزد”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sar Yazd and Bagh Dehuk.
Sar Yazd
Village
Saryazd (Persian: سريزد, also romanized as Sar-e Yazd and Sar-i-Yezd is a village in Khvormiz Rural District, Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran. It is located 5 km east of Mehriz and 35 km south from Yazd.
Bagh Dehuk
Village
Bagh Dehuk is a village in Khvormiz Rural District, in the Central District of Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 141, in 44 families. Bagh Dehuk is situated 7 km southwest of Saryazd Castle.
Mehriz
Town
Photo: HaDi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mehriz is a city in the Central District of Mehriz County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It lies along the transit highway connecting Bandar Abbas to Tehran, and it marks the beginning of the highway under construction from Mehriz to Neyriz. Mehriz is situated 8 km west of Saryazd Castle.
Saryazd Castle
- Categories: castle, cultural property, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Yazd, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.60117° or 31° 36′ 4″ northLongitude
54.52764° or 54° 31′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8H3PJG2H+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 289794554OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5888459
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Saryazd Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة سر يزد”
- Armenian: “Սար Յազդ ամրոց”
- German: “Festung Saryazd”
- Persian: “قلعه سریزد”
- Russian: “Крепость Гарофе (руины)”
- Uzbek: “Sar Yazd qalʼasi”
- Uzbek: “Saryazd qalʼasi”
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