Yazd
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...it to Persia in the 16th cent. Yazd is a picturesque city, with narrow, winding streets and several medieval mosques, religious schools, and tombs. Its Zoroastrian community, the largest in Iran, erected a modern fire temple in 1942...