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