Unusual Naturally Formed, Carved Rock Cave Houses of Kandovan, Iran

Kandovan Persian, also Romanized as Kandovan and Kandavan also known as Kanvan is a village in Sahand Rural District, in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. This village exemplifies manmade cliff dwellings which are still inhabited. The troglodyte homes, excavated inside volcanic rocks and tuffs similar to dwellings in the Turkish region of Cappadocia, are locally called “Karaan”. Karaans were cut into the lahars of Mount Sahand. Iran, kandovan village is builded with old volcanic rock house in Asia. Candovan most unusual city of Tabriz as geological. Now we can see geology aerial view with drone. The cone form of the houses is the result of lahar flow consisting of porous round and angular pumice together with other volcanic particles that were positioned in a grey acidic matrix. After the eruption of Sahand these materials were naturally moved and formed the rocks of Kandovan. Around the village the thickness of this formation exceeds 100 m and with time due to water erosion the cone shaped cliffs were formed. At the 2006 census, the village population was 601, in 168 families. 4k resolution aerial drone flying cam shot by dji inspire 2. High angle bird view from sky.

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