The Persian Caravanserai

The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage site composed of 54 different caravanserais.[1]

The Persian Caravanserai
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria(ii)(iii)
Reference1668

It was inscribed in 2023.[2]

Background edit

 
Qasr-e-Bahram

Caravanserais were roadside inns, which would provide shelter to travelers.[3][4]

List edit

ID (UNESCO) Image Name Province
1668-001   Deyr-e Gachin Qom
1668-002   Noushirvān Semnan
1668-003   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   Abbās Ābād Tāybād Razavi Khorasan
1668-009   Jamāl Ābād East Azerbaijan
1668-010 Qelli North Khorasan
1668-011   Fakhr-e Dāvūd
1668-012   Sheikhali Khān
1668-013   Maranjāb
1668-014   Amin Ābād
1668-015 Gabr Ābād
1668-016   Mahyār
1668-017   Gaz
1668-018 Kūhpāyeh
1668-019   Mazinān
1668-020   Mehr
1668-021   Zafarāniyeh
1668-022 Fakhr Ābād
1668-023 Sarāyān
1668-024   Qasr-e Bahrām
1668-025   Mayāmey
1668-026   Abbās Ābād
1668-027   Miāndasht
1668-028   Zeynoddīn
1668-029   Meybod
1668-030   Farasfaj
1668-031   Īzadkhāst
1668-032   Bisotūn
1668-033   Ganjali Khān
1668-034   Yengeh Emām
1668-035   Khājeh Nazar
1668-036 Goujebel
1668-037   Sāeen
1668-038   Titi
1668-039 Dehdasht
1668-040 Khoy
1668-041 Bāgh-e Sheikh
1668-042 Neyestānak
1668-043 Chehel Pāyeh
1668-044   Khān
1668-045 Deh Mohammad
1668-046   Tāj Ābād
1668-047   Chāh kūrān
1668-048   Kharānaq
1668-049   Rashti
1668-050   Borāzjān
1668-051 Chameshk
1668-052   Afzal
1668-053   Bastak
1668-054   Saʿadossaltaneh

References edit

  1. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Persian Caravanserai". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. ^ AFP (2023-09-18). "Tell Al Sultan, Iran's caravanserais added to world heritage list". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ^ "Iran submits UNESCO dossier on collective caravanserais". Tehran Times. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  4. ^ "UNESCO assessors to examine centuries-old Iranian caravanserai". Tehran Times. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2023-09-21.