Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Have you been lucky enough to visit my hometown?!


" Babol " is one of the most famous cities in the north of Iran. History of this city goes back to around one thouthand years ago when it was a trading centre for people who used to buy or sell goods from east to west because of it's stratetigcal situation. Financial and business related jobs have always been very popular there. Also the north of Iran is an agricultural centre and vital for supplying food for all Iranians. There are lots of villages around babol where plenty of farms are located which most of them are rice farms. Furthermore, orange, apple and fruit are other produces there.The city is surrounded by northerns woods and also located between Alborz mountain range and Caspian sea which is the largest inland lake in the world. Because of this geographical situation the weather is usually rainy and very humid. Some villages are built on the top of the Alborz which means approximately more than 3000 meter higher than sea surface. There are very popular place for holidays because of pure nature and a new experience of relaxation over the clouds! The scenery is stunning which means you can sea also Caspian sea from that height and also northern woods and mountain in one single view.
This city is well-known as " The city of orange blossoms " . During spring everywhere is covered with smell of orange blossoms which come from orange trees. Local people make different products such as jam,syrup and drink from this blossom.
Historical background of the city is about two communities of Muslim and Jewish people. This fact affects on the appearance of the buildings which means some of them belong to Islamic architecture and some of them to Jewish ones. Some buildings, bridges and neighbourhoods plus one musuem are useful places for finding lots of information about them.
Folks in this area have been interested in different arts like painting,music and calligraphy. However lots of sport champions are from this city especially in wrestling, Taekwondo, wightlifting and football and sports are very important to local people.


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