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The Persians also built elaborate structures for birds. Bird dropping might make a mess of elegant architecture, but the bird towers in Iran served to collect
by morninglight 3y ago
The Persians also built elaborate structures for birds.
Bird dropping might make a mess of elegant architecture, but the bird towers in Iran served to collect the valuable fertilizer they left behind. Very clever.
https://itto.org/iran/attraction/dovecotes-pigeon-tower-isfahan https://itto.org/iran/attraction/dovecotes-pigeon-tower-isfa...
https://themindcircle.com/mardavij-pigeon-tower/ https://themindcircle.com/mardavij-pigeon-tower/
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450802/Pigeon-towers-significant-but-strange-buildings-of-ancient-times https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450802/Pigeon-towers-signif...
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- skyfaller 3y agoLow-tech Magazine covered pigeon towers, as previously mentioned on HN: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2016/10/pigeon-towers-a-low-tech-alternative-to-synthetic-fertilizers/ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2016/10/pigeon-towers-a-lo... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31885525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31885525