CNN —“This fire has burned 4,000 years and never stopped,” says Aliyeva Rahila.
This is Yanar Dag – meaning “burning mountainside” – on Azerbaijan’s Absheron Peninsula, where Rahila works as a tour guide.
Yanar Dag is one of the few remaining examples, and perhaps the most impressive.
Today, most visitors who arrive at the no-frills Yanar Dag visitors’ center come for the spectacle rather than religious fulfillment.
Ateshgah Fire TempleFor a deeper insight into Azerbaijan’s history of fire worship, visitors should head east of Baku to Ateshgah Fire Temple.
Persons:
”, Aliyeva Rahila, Dag, Marco Polo, Yanar Dag, Mammon
Organizations:
CNN, Silk, UNESCO, Heritage
Locations:
Absheron, Azerbaijan, It’s, Iran, Baku