Seyyed Jafar Ab Anbar (Cistern), Lar

🕰️When was it built?

The exact date it was built is not known, and it is attributed to the historic centuries after Islam. The cistern was added to Iran's National Heritage List on 27 December 1976 as number 1326; this number covers Seyyed Jafar cisterns number one and two together.

🏛️What was it built for?

Lar has no year-round river, so its people collected rainwater in large cisterns, called berkeh here. In 2020 a group of people from Larestan called the Movement to Revive the Berkehs began building a new roof for this cistern, paid for by a donor; by then the same group had already restored 13 other cisterns in Larestan.

🎒Good to know before you go

• The Agha cistern of Lar is a few hundred metres away and Azhdeha Peykar Castle is close by; you can see them together on one walk.
• Take care near the mouth of the tank; the cistern is very deep.