The Persian Caravanserai
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
| Criteria | (ii)(iii) |
| Reference | 1668 |
The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage site composed of 54 different caravanserais.[1]
It was inscribed in 2023.[2]
Background
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Caravanserais were roadside inns, which would provide shelter to travelers.[3][4]
Iranian caravanserais have served as roadside rest stops for travelers since ancient times, providing shelter, food, and water for caravans, pilgrims, and travelers.These caravanserais were a place for exchanging human values, and throughout history, various caravansers exchanged ideas, cultures, and human values in this place, and the caravanserai has been very important for this reason. These caravanserais have been directly involved in social and cultural developments, in a way that can be seen in literature, poetry, painting, miniatures, music, and architecture.
Arthur Pope, a prominent Iranologist, considers caravanserais to be as old as the history of trade and believes that caravanserais were effective in the unity and prosperity of Iran, and for this reason, Shah Abbas Safavi was encouraged to promote the construction of caravanserais throughout Iran. According to Pope, by general agreement, all the beautiful caravanserais are attributed to Shah Abbas, but caravanserai construction has flourished since ancient times and has continued throughout Iranian history.
It is said that there were once 1,000 caravanserais (one every 36 kilometers) along Iran's highways to facilitate travel and trade between cities and even between countries. Although fewer caravanserais now remain, hundreds still exist throughout Iran, and about 700 are registered on the National Register of Historic Places in Iran.[8] Iran has more than 200 caravanserais alone along its historic trade routes, including the Silk Road, which connected Asia and Europe.
List
[edit]| ID (UNESCO) | Image | Name | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1668-001 | 
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Deyr-e Gachin | Qom |
| 1668-002 | 
|
Noushirvān | Semnan |
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|
Āhovān | Semnan |
| 1668-004 | 
|
Parand | Tehran |
| 1668-005 | 
|
Robāt-e Sharaf | Razavi Khorasan |
| 1668-006 | Anjireh Ājori | Yazd | |
| 1668-007 | Anjireh Sangi | Yazd | |
| 1668-008 | .jpg)
|
Abbās Ābād Tāybād | Razavi Khorasan |
| 1668-009 | 
|
Jamāl Ābād | East Azerbaijan |
| 1668-010 | Qelli | North Khorasan | |
| 1668-011 | 
|
Fakhr-e Dāvūd | Razavai Khorasan |
| 1668-012 | 
|
Sheikhali Khān | Isfahan |
| 1668-013 | 
|
Maranjāb | Isfahan |
| 1668-014 | 
|
Amin Ābād | Isfahan |
| 1668-015 | Gabr Ābād | Isfahan | |
| 1668-016 | 
|
Mahyār | Isfahan |
| 1668-017 | 
|
Gaz | Isfahan |
| 1668-018 | Kūhpāyeh | Isfahan | |
| 1668-019 | 
|
Mazinān | Razavai Khorasan |
| 1668-020 | 
|
Mehr | Razavai Khorasan |
| 1668-021 | 
|
Zafarāniyeh | Razavai Khorasan |
| 1668-022 | Fakhr Ābād | Razavai Khorasan | |
| 1668-023 | Sarāyān | South Khorasan | |
| 1668-024 | 
|
Qasr-e Bahrām | Semnan |
| 1668-025 | 
|
Mayāmey | Semnan |
| 1668-026 | 
|
Abbās Ābād | Semnan |
| 1668-027 | 
|
Miāndasht | Semnan |
| 1668-028 | 
|
Zeynoddīn | Yaza |
| 1668-029 | 
|
Meybod | Yaza |
| 1668-030 | 
|
Farasfaj | Hamedan |
| 1668-031 | 
|
Īzadkhāst | Fars |
| 1668-032 | 
|
Bisotūn | Kermanshah |
| 1668-033 | 
|
Ganjali Khān | Kerman |
| 1668-034 | 
|
Yengeh Emām | Alborz |
| 1668-035 | 
|
Khājeh Nazar | East Azerbaijan |
| 1668-036 | Goujebel | East Azerbaijan | |
| 1668-037 | 
|
Sāeen | Ardabil |
| 1668-038 | 
|
Titi | Gilan |
| 1668-039 | Dehdasht | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | |
| 1668-040 | Khoy | West Azerbaijan | |
| 1668-041 | Bāgh-e Sheikh | Markazi | |
| 1668-042 | Neyestānak | Isfahan | |
| 1668-043 | Chehel Pāyeh | Kerman | |
| 1668-044 | 
|
Khān | West Azerbaijan |
| 1668-045 | Deh Mohammad | South Khorasan | |
| 1668-046 | 
|
Tāj Ābād | Hamedan |
| 1668-047 | .jpg)
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Chāh kūrān | Kerman |
| 1668-048 | 
|
Kharānaq | Yazd |
| 1668-049 | 
|
Rashti | Yazd |
| 1668-050 | 
|
Borāzjān | Bushehr |
| 1668-051 | Chameshk | Lorestan | |
| 1668-052 | 
|
Afzal | Khuzestan |
| 1668-053 | 
|
Bastak | Hormozgan |
| 1668-054 | 
|
Saʿadossaltaneh | Qazvin |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Persian Caravanserai". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ AFP (2023-09-18). "Tell Al Sultan, Iran's caravanserais added to world heritage list". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "Iran submits UNESCO dossier on collective caravanserais". Tehran Times. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ "UNESCO assessors to examine centuries-old Iranian caravanserai". Tehran Times. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2023-09-21.