Shabestan

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Shabestan of Friday mosque in Tabriz. As Tabriz is not a hot climated city, the Shabestan here was not built underground.

A Shabestan or Shabistan is an underground space that can be usually found in traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia (Iran).

These spaces were usually used during summers and could be ventilated by windcatchers and qanats.

[edit] See also

• Iranian architecture

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