Description:

In dry regions, like Varzaneh district, the droppings were prized by farmers and collected for fertilizing their arid fields. From Varzaneh to the west, until Ezhieh (a town 25km west of Varzaneh), and also from south to Hassanabad (a town 25km south of Varzaneh) there are plenty of dovecotes or pigeon houses. The dovecotes are also called Kabootarkhaneh in Persian literature, which means simply house of pigeons. Life in this region is very connected to farming, as more than 70 percent of people's businesses are directly or indirectly connected to agriculture. In below picture, you can see one of pigeon houses of Varzaneh by close view, located on north at Zayanderud bank. It had been the host of 7000 pair of pigeons, having an area of 250 square metres and being 13m high. This structure much probably date backs to 300 years ago, the Safavid era. However, there are a lot of argument about its exact date of establishment.