Baqerabad Castle

Baqerabad Castle
Baqerabad Castle
قلعه باقرآباد
	The castle from above
General information
Town or city	Bafq County
Country	Iran
Construction started	1902
Completed	1919

Baqerabad Castle (Persian: قلعه باقرآباد) is a Qajar era castle in Bafq county, Yazd province, Iran.

The castle was built on the order of Abdorrahim Khan Bafqi, son of Mohammad Taqi khan Bafqi in 3 stages.

The castle has 45 rooms and 2 watchtowers. It was constructed as a shelter for the people of the village against bandits and was at times used as a grains stockpile.^[1]

The castle was listed among the national heritage sites of Iran with the number 13000 on August 13, 2005.^[2]

References

31°39′59″N 55°22′29″E / 31.66639°N 55.37472°E / 31.66639; 55.37472

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