Shahr-e Zahak
The so called Red City (Shahr-i-Zahak) is located about 17 km from Bamiyan. The three-tiered Red City – a fortress of sun-dried red clay from the 3rd century BC – clings to a cliff 1,500 feet above above the entrance to the Bamiyan Valley. The Red City was never rebuilt after attack in 1221 and nowadays you can see only the ruins of the Red City.