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There are two other cliff villages with similar structures in Turkey’s Cappadocia and US’s Manitou Cliff Dwellings in Colorado. However, these two cliff villages are not inhabited and they leave Kandovan as the only inhabited cliff village in the world. Maymand Village in Iran, though, is another valley in cave dwellings carved out of the soft rock. There are sharp pyramidal cliffs with the holes on their irregular surfaces #iran #travel #kandovan #camp
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Kandovan is an astonishing village located on the mountain flank of Sultan Daghi, Sabalan Mountain, located in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Kandovan Village is famous for its wonderful rocky architecture which is the result of volcanic activities and hand-carved structures. The inhabitants, basically, carved every room of the cliff houses like kitchens, halls, and even pens out of stone to make windows for the rooms and later, to decorate them with colorful glasses

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Kandovan (also spelled Candovan) is a tourist village in the province of East Azarbaijan, near Osku and Tabriz, Iran. Its fame is due to its troglodyte dwellings.[1] Some of the houses are at least 700 years old and are still inhabited. Kandovan is also known for its scenic beauty. A popular resort, it offers hotels and restaurants to serve tourists. Its mineral water is also popular with visitors and is believed to be a cure for kidney disease.

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Kandovan is a village from "6000"years ago in Osku county .This village is a wonderful example of manmade cliff dwelling which is still inhabited. Generally,inf…

Kandovan is a village from "6000"years ago in Osku county .This village is a wonderful example of manmade cliff dwelling which is still inhabited. Generally,infact we have only three rocky villages in the world,a village in Cappadocia,Turkey and South Dakota in the United States and KANDOVAN in iran , but only kandovan have residential population and two Similar village are empty. Location: East Azarbaijan province - #Iran

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