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Bam Citadel

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easy

9/10

best: morning, afternoon

melancholic, historic, vast

A local would say...

Marco Polo was speechless here; a single earthquake in 2003 brought down what 2000 years of invaders could not.

An extraordinary mud-brick citadel dating back at least to the Sassanian period (7th century BC), Arg-e Bam was once one of the world's finest examples of earthen architecture with 38 towers, massive walls and a fairy-tale inner fortress. Severely damaged by the 2003 earthquake, the ruins are still awe-inspiring and actively being reconstructed.