ABARKUH CYPRESS

The Cyprès cypress, also called Zoroastrian Sarv or Sarv-e Abrakuh, would have been planted by the prophet Zarathustra himself. It is a protected Iranian national monument estimated at age 4 500. The oldest tree in Iran and probably the oldest tree in Asia, it is 25 meters high and the circumference of its trunk is 11,50 meters! You can admire it in a small park at the edge of the village, for a peaceful and moving moment.