Abyaneh

ابیانه

(Wikipedia) - Abyaneh is a famous historic Iranian village near the city of Natanz in Isfahan Province. Characterized by a peculiar reddish hue, the village is one of the oldest in Iran, attracting numerous native and foreign tourists year-round, especially during traditional feasts and ceremonies. An Abyunaki woman typically wears a white long scarf (covering the shoulders and upper trunk) which has a colourful pattern and an under-knee skirt. Abyunaki people have persistently maintained this traditional costume despite pressures from time to time by the government trying to change it. Abyaneh also resisted conversion to Islam throughout the ages, and stayed Zoroastrian until it was forced to convert to Shi'ite Islam in the time of the Safavid dynasty, as were many other villages and towns that had held onto the Zoroastrian religion until then. On top of the village sits the ruins of a Sasanid era fort. Since June 2005, the village has been undergoing archaeological excavations for the first time ever, as a result of an agreement between Abyaneh Research Center and the Archaeology Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO). http://www. iranian. ws/iran_news/publish/article_7552. shtml Abyaneh Abyaneh Country Province

Traditional architecture of the village

AbyanehLocation in Iran

Coordinates: 33°35′7.5″N 51°35′32.5″E / 33.585417°N 51.592361°E / 33.585417; 51.592361Coordinates: 33°35′7.5″N 51°35′32.5″E / 33.585417°N 51.592361°E / 33.585417; 51.592361

Iran

Istfahan Province

The red village Abyāneh

Abyaneh (Persian: ابیانه‎) is a famous historic Iranian village near the city of Natanz in Isfahan Province.

Characterized by a peculiar reddish hue, the village is one of the oldest in Iran, attracting numerous native and foreign tourists year-round, especially during traditional feasts and ceremonies.

An Abyunaki woman typically wears a white long scarf (covering the shoulders and upper trunk) which has a colourful pattern and an under-knee skirt. Abyunaki people have persistently maintained this traditional costume despite pressures from time to time by the government trying to change it.

On top of the village sits the ruins of a Sasanid era fort.

Since June 2005, the village has been undergoing archaeological excavations for the first time ever, as a result of an agreement between Abyaneh Research Center and the Archaeology Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO).

Photo gallery

• In the village

• View of the traditional houses

• Inside of the village mosque

• View of a terrace inside the village mosque, built several centuries ago, overlooking the nearby orchards and mountains

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Abyaneh

• Abyaneh Magazine
• Abyaneh Website
• Welcome to Abyaneh
• Shapour Bahrami, Abyaneh, Iran, Photo Set, flickr
• HORIZON, Abyaneh, Photo Set, flickr
• Anyaneh Village (video), PressTV, 4 April 2010. (7 min)
• Abyaneh by Iman Dowlatshahi

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