Masuleh Village - IRAN (streets are built on top of the roofs)

The mountain village of Masuleh in Iran where houses are built into the mountain side, and pedestrian walkways and courtyards are built on the roofs of houses below. No vehicles are allowed.The village is so steep, they had to make the streets on top of the flat roofs of the houses below.The architecture of Masouleh is spectacular. The buildings have been built into the mountain and are interconnected so that the yard of the above building is the roof of the below building. Due to its unique layout entering any motor vehicles is forbidden. Yellow clay coats the exterior of most buildings in Masouleh and provides better visibility in the fog. Buildings are mostly two stories (1st floor and below floor) made of adobe, rods and bole.