Pasargadae & Yazd Apr 2016

We depart Shiraz and head north towards Yazd with a stop in Pasargadae.  Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559-530 BC) and this is also where his tomb can be found.  Pasargadae has been declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site.  The most important monument here is the […]