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Large mud-brick ice house in the historic district of Kerman, southeastern Iran. The Moayedi Yakhchal, Kerman dates to the Safavid period — most likely the early eighteenth century — and is among the largest surviving examples of the form, with a dome rising approximately 18 metres above its circular base. The structure is built entirely of sun-dried brick bonded with sarooj mortar; the dome's interior steps inward in graduated rings that distribute the considerable structural load down to the thick perimeter wall. A long shading wall extends north from the dome to shelter shallow freezing channels, where water diverted from a qanat was allowed to freeze on cold winter nights. The pit beneath the dome reaches several metres below ground level and was capable of storing thousands of blocks of ice, distributed throughout summer for use in royal kitchens, food preservation, and fever treatment. The building has been restored by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organisation and is now operated as a small museum.
An eighteenth-century refrigerator, eighteen metres tall, still standing.