Sarv-e Abarkuh
Coordinates: 31°7′21.3″N 53°16′47.05″E / 31.122583°N 53.2797361°E / 31.122583; 53.2797361
Sarv-e Abar Kuh
Sarv-e Abar Kuh سرو ابرکوه could be called the second oldest living tree in the world
Yazd Province, Iran.
Sarv-e Abar-Kuh (Persian: سرو ابرکوه, "cypress of Abar-Kuh"), also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a Cupressus sempervirens tree in Abarkuh in Yazd Province of Iran. It is protected by the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran as a national natural monument and is indeed a major tourist attraction with a height of 25 metres and circumference of 18 metres. It is estimated to be over four millennia old and is likely the second-oldest living thing in Asia.[1]
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- Bakhtegan (IW)
- Bamou
- Bojagh (IW)
- Dayer-Nakhiloo
- Ghamishloo
- Ghatroyeh
- Golestan (BR)
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- Alvand
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- Sarv-e Abarqu
- Green Pir Chak Chak temple
- Lari house
- Yazd Tower of Silence
- Saghand Caravansary
- Iskandar's jail
- Chahartaghi cave
- Marvast citadel
- * Nadoshan citadel
- Yazd Kabir jaame mosque
- Dowlat Abad Garden
- Shahvali mosque
- Khan Bath and Khan square
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