Kandovan is an astonishing village located on the mountain flank of Sultan Daghi, Sabalan Mountain, located in Northwestern Iran. Kandovan Village is famous for its wonderful rocky architecture which is the result of volcanic activities and hand-carved structures. The inhabitants, basically, carved every room of the cliff houses like kitchens, halls, and even pens out of stone to make windows for the rooms and later, to decorate them with colorful glasses.

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Kandovan Village is the only cave village still in use today

The remarkably unique Kandovan tells the story of peoples that escaped the invasion of the Mongols thousands of years ago to the slopes of the Sahand mountains. The escapees settled into this new land by hand carving houses into the side of the mountains that make up the only cave village still in use today.
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