Bam, Arg, the largest adobe structure in the world prior to the earthquake of October 2003, with a surface area of approximately 200,000 sq m. The arg, or citadel, was the original site of the city of Bam, which is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau (at an altitude of 1060 m). It is 200 km south-east of Kirmān, and 120 km north-east of Jīruft. Life in the oasis was sustained by the underground irrigation canals (qanā…