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Due to its location, the village has a steppe climate, varying from hot weather in summer to cold arid weather in winter.
Located between Alborz Mountains and Kavir Desert, the village has a variety of vegetation, including shrubs, alhagi, milkvetch, salt cedar, wormwood and wildlife such as partridge, hawk, fox, wolf, hyena and hedgehog, persiaport.com reported.
The village has a long history and it used to be located along the Silk Road.
Padeh Castle
Padeh Castle is the top attraction of the village, surviving through pre-Islamic and Islamic era. Due to the magnificence and architecture, the castle is believed to have been a military fortress during Sassanid Empire (224 to 651 CE). It is now registered as a national monument.
Padeh Cistern
Dating back to Qajar Empire (1785 -1925), Khoni Cistern is seven meters deep and five meters wide. Village elders used to shut the cistern gate in winter to fill its reservoir up with running waters and opened it in summer to use its fresh, cool water.
Another aquatic structure is the ice house. As an adobe structure, it used to function as a traditional refrigerator. The ice house is also registered as a national monument.
How to get there
In order to get there, you need to take Tehran-Mashad highway on the outskirts of Kavir Desert of Iran. It is a 135-kilometer ride.
Source: Iran Daily
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