Connected Sites
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At the Shaikh Isa Bin Ali House in Muharraq
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Emarat Badgir (Building of the Wind Towers)
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"Some of the caravanserais built in marginal plains of the sand desert (kavir) are equipped with windcatchers (badgir in Farsi) which ventilate and cool the hot summer air. Examples are: (...) the Safavid caravanserai of Zeynoddin on Yazd-Kerman road (...)." (Nomination file, p. 111) – A badgir is also present on the Miandasht, Neyestanak, Khan and Rashti caravanserais. (Nomination file, p. 341, 423, 437, 466)
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Wind-catchers, courtyards, and thick earthen walls create a pleasant microclimate (AB ev)
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