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Beautiful. It’s fascinating to see how a people turned a region that seems so inhospitable (to a European) in to a very liveable place. Windcatchers [0] and “F
by gherkinnn 7y ago
Beautiful. It’s fascinating to see how a people turned a region that seems so inhospitable (to a European) in to a very liveable place.
Windcatchers [0] and “Freezers” [1] are beautiful examples of that. Persian desert towns are a special place. And much of their ancient irrigation still stands today.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl
- findyoucef 7y agoCheck out the pentapolis of Mzab in Algeria.