Kandovan

East Azerbaijan Province · Iran

Kandovan, Iran
Photo: Rəcəb Yaxşı, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April to October
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$
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A troglodyte village where families still live inside cone-shaped rock homes carved from volcanic ash deposits at the foot of Mount Sahand. The honeycombed cliffs have sheltered residents for centuries and remain occupied year-round.

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