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{{short description|Exceptionally old cypress tree in Yazd province, Iran}}
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| name             = Cypress of Abarkuh
| image            = Cypress of Abarqu.JPG
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| image_caption    = Sarv-e Abar Kuh
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| native_name      ={{native name|fa|سرو ابرکوه}}
| species          = [[Mediterranean cypress]]
| binomial         = ''[[Cupressus sempervirens]]''
| location         = [[Abarkuh, Yazd]], Iran
| height           = {{cvt|25|m|ftin}}
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The '''Cypress of Abarkuh''' ({{langx|fa|سرو ابرکوه}} ''Sarv-e Abarkuh''), also called the '''Zoroastrian Sarv''',<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|title=Cypress|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cypress-sarv-cupressus-tourn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117034412/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cypress-sarv-cupressus-tourn |archive-date=2017-11-17 }}</ref> is a Persian cypress (''[[Cupressus sempervirens]]'') tree in [[Abarkuh]] in [[Yazd Province]] of Iran. It is protected by the [[Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran]] as a national natural monument and is a major tourist attraction with a height of {{convert|25|m|ftin}} and with a perimeter of {{convert|11.5|m|ftin}} at its trunk and {{convert|18|m|ftin}} higher up around its branches. It is estimated to be over four millennia old and is likely the oldest living lifeform in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earthwatchers.org/en/drkhtkriEN.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117050807/http://www.earthwatchers.org/en/drkhtkriEN.html|url-status=dead|title=Earth watchers Center|archivedate=January 17, 2013}}</ref>

According to legend, the tree was planted by [[Zoroaster]], the founder of the [[Zoroastrian]] religion. It is said that Zoroaster left to spread his teachings to an Iranian city towards Balkh and met Shah [[Vishtaspa]]. He stopped at Abarkuh and supposedly planted this tree.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://untoldpersia.com/ContentView/Pid/40365/title/Cypress-of-Abarkooh----Iran |title=Cypress of Abarkooh Iran |website=untoldpersia.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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Cypress of Abarqu - Bough - 1.JPG|
Cypress of Abarqu - Bough - 3.JPG|
Cypress of Abarqu - cones.jpg|
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Cypress of Abarqu - Full view with two school girls in front of it.JPG|
Cypress of Abarqu - sign.JPG|
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==See also==
* [[List of oldest trees]]
* [[List of individual trees]]
* [[Cypress of Kashmar]]
* [[Yaldā Night]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Cypress of Abarkuh}}
{{Protected Areas of Iran}}
{{Yazd Province}}

[[Category:Individual conifers]]
[[Category:Yazd province]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Yazd province]]
[[Category:Individual trees in Iran]]
[[Category:Zoroastrianism]]


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