iFilm English TV presents report on Kandovan

Website of iFilm English TV has presented report on Kandovan.

Kandovan, situated in the valley of the Kandovan River, is a historical village in the central district of Osku County.

The village is located in East Azarbaijan Province, in the foothills of Mount Sahand, 62 km from Tabriz.

The houses of this village, which are of rock architecture, were built in the seventh century AH (14th century CE).

The village is built on conical and pyramidal-shaped hills of 60-meters height.

More than a hundred stables, barns, and rural living rooms as well as two mosques have been excavated in the heart of these cones.

The village also has a mineral water fountain, which is very useful for the treatment of kidney diseases.

The village exemplifies manmade cliff dwellings which are still inhabited.

The cone form of the houses is the result of the erosion of volcanic particles that were positioned in a grey, acidic matrix.

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