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Iranian village Kandovan the rocks
We recently told you about the Portuguese countryside among the boulders. Settlement, which is located in Iran, even more interesting. Here the houses are located just inside the natural formations. Moreover, some of them up to 700 years.
Despite the fact that in the village about a thousand inhabitants, it is visited daily by hundreds of tourists. Kandovan translated means "bee hive". According to legend, the first settlers came here to escape the invasion of the Mongol-Tatar yoke. They dug caves in the volcanic rock of the volcano Sahand, where he settled down with time. Naturally, niches in the cliffs is not enough to live a full family, so, many houses have stone outbuildings. However, the integrity and preserved pristine.
Despite the fact that in the village about a thousand inhabitants, it is visited daily by hundreds of tourists. Kandovan translated means "bee hive". According to legend, the first settlers came here to escape the invasion of the Mongol-Tatar yoke. They dug caves in the volcanic rock of the volcano Sahand, where he settled down with time. Naturally, niches in the cliffs is not enough to live a full family, so, many houses have stone outbuildings. However, the integrity and preserved pristine.
