Baqerabad Castle

Baqerabad Castle (Persian: قلعه باقرآباد) is a Qajar era castle in Bafq county, Yazd province, Iran.

The castle was built on the order of Abdorrahim Khan Bafqi, son of Mohammad Taqi khan Bafqi in 3 stages. The castle has 45 rooms and 2 watchtowers. It was constructed as a shelter for the people of the village against bandits and was at times used as a grains stockpile.

The castle was listed among the national heritage sites of Iran with the number 13000 on 13 August 2005.

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Baqerabad Castle ranks #7,475 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #116 of the 170 mapped in Iran. See how Iran compares in the castle statistics.

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