The Arg-e-Bam castle or citadel since its construction about 2000 years ago in. mud-brick (a declared UNESCO human heritage site) its long wall has 28 towers, inside the citadel there are lots of buildings: stables, a public bath, a prison, military barracks, two mosques, a caravanserai and more, all molded out of the same red clay. The highest point is the outlook tower. An earthquake devastated the southeastern Iranian city of Bam on Friday Dec. 26, 2003 leveling more than half the city's houses and its historic mud-brick castle. The earthquake destroyed Bam's medieval castle.

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