Abarkooh, Iran
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Ice houses were used in Persia to make and conserve ice. The ice house was connected to the qanat, a system to bring water from a source to the place where it was needed, such as a town or fields. An important part of the ice house is under ground level. During cold periods, the ice house is filled with a small layer of water, that is then left to freeze. Once this layer is turned into ice, another layer of water is let into the ice house to freeze, and so on. The large quantities of ice produced during the winter period were used throughout the whole year. In order to conserve the ice during a long period of time, the ice house had a dome-like shape that created an air current inside the ice house between the doors on each side and the hole in the dome. Moreover tall walls in the vicinity of the ice house made that a big part of the ice house was in the shadow all the time. In that way the ice could be preserved for a long time. When you see this ice house, you will realise that Persian people mastered physics and engineering very well.
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A cool place for a quick stop, when heading to Yazd. You can go inside a realy feel the temperature difference to the outside. Nice experiance. It is free of charge.
It is on the to Shiraz from Yazd. The function of this structure is really cool. There are sometimes shallow pool in front the ice house, the water was poored in to the pool at night during the cold season, it turns to ice in the morning. Those who worked there, broke the ice and put it inside, they put straw between the ice untill the ice didn't stick.
Very intetesting stop. Our gude told us the way how they made ice for whole vilage.
Good sight but it's only a simple ice house You might like it
It is unbelievable ice in desert, truly it’s Iranian masterpiece
Abarkouh Ice House is an amazing structure that would use like a refrigerator that was built with mud bricks and had been used till mid of 20th. century. It is look like a large muddy dome and from far it looks like a muddy Thai temple! It has big hole inside that would be cooler than outside particularly in spring and summer, also the dome works like isolating!
One of the biggest place for making and conserving the ice in winter for use in the whole of the year. Made with plain mud
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