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Pigeon Tower (Kaboutar_khan or Kaftar_khaneh)
Pigeon Tower (Kaboutar_khan or Kaftar_khaneh) Pigeon tower is an old building, which has been built form of cylindrical. In the past, it was built to collect the droppings of pigeons for agricultural purposes. Pigeon fertilizer had many uses in industry, such as the leather tanning industry and gunpowder can be noted. Therefore, Shah Abbas Safavid put high taxes on pigeon towers. Sometimes the towers accommodated about 25,000 pigeons. Nest is made of thatch material, which is very cool in summer. However, it's warm during the winter and the cold winds are locally safe. To prevent disturbing animals, such as snakes, measures have adopted. These buildings are also used as watch towers over the city. Pigeon tower of Varzaneh is 250 square meters. It is 13 meters high and is the second highest historical building in Varzaneh. In the past, the pigeon towers were totally out of the city and were built on farms.

Well Bull (Gav_Chah)
Well Bull (Gav_Chah)

After 50 years, the first well bull of Iran has been revived in Varzaneh. Well bull is a system to draw water from the ground to irrigate farms. Two liters of water per second are extracted from ground by the system. Two bulls are used for irrigation of 5000 meters agricultural land all day long. The remarkable thing is that the Bull is provided with a song, When a bull driver stops the song, cow moves and takes out water from well. History of this system is not available, but According to painted tiles of the Jame_Mosque of Isfahan (plays a yak in the Ramps is drawing water), its history dates back to before the Safavid era.