Sirjan Tourist Attraction

Sirjan Stone Garden

Stones Dangle from Barren Trees in the Desert

Stone Garden (or Bagh-E Sangi), a Sirjan tourist attractions, is a mysterious garden with fruits made of stone, which is located about 40 km from Sirjan, Iran. The creator of this garden, Darvish khan, has been deaf and dumb since birth. He planned to build this garden for protesting against wrong plans of Pahlavi’s land reforms that resulted to destruction of trees. After the trees in his garden died, he began digging holes in the dry ground and extensively planting dead trees in these pits. When the planting of 180 dried trees was over, he began hanging stones from the branches of the trees that looked like fruit.

One of the amazing things is that there is no stone close to the garden and he has no equipped device for drilling the stones. He carried the big stones from the mountains and hanged them to the dead trees. Darvish Khan passed away in 2007 and his tomb is close to his garden.

Sirjan Chopoghi Windcatcher

Ancinet Cooling System

Sirjan Chopoghi Windcatcher is one of the Sirjan tourist attractions. Wind-catcher is actually a tower-like building with some openings at the top which is used for ventilation and cooling the air inside houses. These towers are capable of capturing the wind and directing it to the building. The wind enters the tower from the inlet openings at the top and with high pressure and then leaves from outlet openings and windows on the other side of the tower which is upwind, with lower pressure. Wind-catcher is one of the symbols of Iranian civilization and architecture. There is no certain evidence of the first wind-catcher ever built but building and using it goes back to 4000 BC.

Sirjan Twin Icehouses

Ice-house in the Desert

Yakhchāl (ice house) is an ancient type of evaporative cooler. Above ground, the structure had a domed shape, but had a subterranean storage space. It was often used to store ice, but sometimes was used to store food as well. The ice created and stored in Yakhchāl was used throughout the year especially during hot summer days.

Twin Icehouses buildings one of the Sirjan tourist attractions is made of adobe and mud. The main parts of this elegant monument include shadow-caster walls, ice pond, fridge tank and a dome. In summer time, the doors of these ice-houses were opened for public to buy the ice. If you want to travel to Iran and going to Sirjan city don’t forget to see these ice-houses.

Sirjan Tomb of Shah Firuz

A Historical Tomb

The Tomb of Shah Firooz is a historical Tomb belongs to the 9th century AH. This structure which is one of the Sirjan tourist attractons is octagonal and has a dome with a spectacular arched design. In the midst of the structure is the tomb. People believe that this is the resting abode of Abu Kalijar-ebne-Azidodowleh or his offspring, who on eating meat after a hunt, passed away and was buried in this vicinity.

Sirjan Agha-Ibrahim Caravanserai

Sirjan Agha-Ibrahim Bazaar

Sirjan Shaukat Saidi House

Sirjan Haj Rashid House

Sirjan Sadrzadeh House

Sirjan Historical Bazaar

Sirjan Bahram-e Gur Protected Area