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Oraman takht a village made of dry stone walls

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There is a beautiful village in Kurdistan province, which is among the attractive villages for tourists both because of its special architecture and because it is located in a green and beautiful area.

This village, which is known as Oraman or Oraman Takht, in 2021 was announced as world heritage , has a stepped architectural style and the roof of each house is considered as a neighboring yard.

The architecture of Oramanat is completely adapted to the mountains, and the houses in the villages of the region are built in a stepped manner due to the steep slope of the rocky slopes. Most houses are built on two floors and depending on the standard of living, the spaces of the houses are different from each other.

A crazy thing about its architecture is that they are made of dry stone wall with out any mortar to join the stones together while some of the houses are 3 stories in that way. Due to my field survey some houses are more than 200 years old

The way to get to village is spectacular, a narrow mountainous winding road

The traditional culture in the village is still alive each year in middle of spring people of village for centuries gathering and celebrating an old tradition which has attracted many tourist and visitor in recent years

I provided more stunning pictures of the village

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