A budget of 35 billion rials ($830,000) has been allotted for the restoration of the historical texture of Yazd Province and the project has already been underway since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21).
Aiming to promote urban convenience for local residents and tourists visiting the ancient city and improving its eligibility as a world tourism spot, 14 restoration plans have been fueled with budget, according to Movahed Mirshamsi, a supervisor of urban development projects at Yazd Municipality.
"The projects are focused on the popular tourist destinations and damaged structures throughout the historical zone," ISNA quoted him as saying. Dolat Abad Garden, built in 1747 is one of the ancient structures in need of repair.
"The stone sidewalk and the walls stretching along the central artificial stream in the garden need restoration," the official said.
The walled complex includes the country's tallest wind catcher, as well as orchards and fountains. Renovations can lend a new eye-catching look to the structure.
Renovation of walkways and half-ruined or unstable clay walls along with leveling slanted roads is among the plans, already underway at the city. According to Mirshamsi, the comprehensive project also includes building new public bathrooms and parking lots homogeneous with the ancient texture and extending the prevailing green spaces throughout the city and building new ones.
Furthermore, field studies on land features are being carried out to build special canals and structures to direct surface waters out of the city to avert floods in public areas, he said.
Studded With Superb Sites
Yazd is home to UNESCO-listed ancient Persian qanats as well as Dolat Abad Garden, which is one of nine Iranian gardens inscribed collectively on the World Heritage List as "the Persian Gardens".
The city is known for its adobe architecture, Zoroastrian fire temples and tall structures known as badgir or wind-catchers which in ancient times functioned as natural ventilation in large buildings.
The historical city of Yazd in central Iran became the country's 22nd world heritage site after the World Heritage Committee voted in favor of its inscription on July 9, 2017, during the committee's 41st session in Krakow, Poland.
