Baqerabad Castle

Baqerabad Castle
Baqerabad Castle
قلعه باقرآباد
	The castle from above
General information
Town or city	Bafq County
Country	Iran
Construction started	1902
Completed	1919

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.^[1]

The castle was listed among the national heritage sites of Iran with the number 13000 on August 13, 2005.^[2]

References

^ "قلعه باقر آباد زیباترین دژ تاریخی در بافق" [Baqerabad castle, the most beautiful historical castle in Bafq]. fa (in Persian). 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
^ "مرمت و محوطه‌سازی قلعه تاریخی باقرآباد بافق آغاز شد" [Repairing the Baqerabad historical castle in Bafq started]. ایرنا (in Persian). 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2022-08-12.

[1] "قلعه باقر آباد زیباترین دژ تاریخی در بافق" [Baqerabad castle, the most beautiful historical castle in Bafq]. fa (in Persian). 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-08-12.

[2] "مرمت و محوطه‌سازی قلعه تاریخی باقرآباد بافق آغاز شد" [Repairing the Baqerabad historical castle in Bafq started]. ایرنا (in Persian). 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2022-08-12.