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Yazd or Yezd (In Persian: یزد), is one of the most ancient and historical cities of Iran. The city is located some 175 miles southeast of Isfahan, at 31.92° North, 54.37° East. As of 2000 it had a population of about 350,000 people. The city is the capital of Iran's Yazd province.
The city is known to date back to the 3rd millenia BC. It was anciently known as Ysatis. Accoriding to UNESCO, Yazd is the second largest city in the world constructed using adobe. Yazd was settled on an oasis on a sandy plain.
The old part of the town is ringed by a tall mud-brick wall dating back to the 5th century.
Yazd University's College of Architecture is very famous Internationally for its traditional school of Persian vernacular Architecture Marco Polo wrote an acount of visiting the city in 1272.
The University of Yazd was established in 1988. It has a very famous college of Architecture specializing in traditional Persian Art and Architecture. Many great architects such as Arata Isozaki (http://www.archpedia.com/Architects/Arata-Isozaki.html) and Rem Koolhaas have visited this school.
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