is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.It is a mosque located on a square of the same name. It also contains a caravanserail, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery.At night, the building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which makes it a spectacle. During the Iran–Iraq War and the Iraq wars with the United States and Afghanistan, many Iraqis and Afghanis have come to inhabit the Amir Chakhmaq Square.
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