The Persian Caravanserai

The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of 54 components around Iran.

Understand

Just as there are motels and truck stops along today's highways around the world, the roads in historical Persia - today's Iran - had many caravanserais, roadside inns where voyagers could eat and sleep. In 2023, 54 especially important, well preserved and/or architecturally interesting ones were listed as a world heritage site.

A typical caravanserai has several buildings, including stables for the caravans' horses and camels, grouped around a central courtyard. Some are quite large, able to accommodate several caravans. Some are in towns; the more rural ones are often fortified against the local bandits.

See also: Silk_Road#Sleep

Sites

• 1 Deyr-e Gachin. (updated Sep 2023)

• 2 Noushirvān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 3 Āhovān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 4 Parand. (updated Sep 2023)

• 5 Robāt-e Sharaf. (updated Sep 2023)

• 6 Anjireh Ājori. (updated Sep 2023)

• 7 Anjireh Sangi. (updated Sep 2023)

• 8 Abbās Ābād Tāybād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 9 Jamāl Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 10 Qelli. (updated Sep 2023)

• 11 Fakhr-e Dāvūd. (updated Sep 2023)

• 12 Sheikhali Khān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 13 Maranjāb. (updated Sep 2023)

• 14 Amin Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 15 Gabr Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 16 Mahyār. (updated Sep 2023)

• 17 Gaz. (updated Sep 2023)

• 18 Kūhpāyeh. (updated Sep 2023)

• 19 Mazinān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 20 Mehr. (updated Sep 2023)

• 21 Zafarāniyeh. (updated Sep 2023)

• 22 Fakhr Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 23 Sarāyān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 24 Qasr-e Bahrām. (updated Sep 2023)

• 25 Mayāmey. (updated Sep 2023)

• 26 Abbās Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 27 Miāndasht. (updated Sep 2023)

• 28 Zeynoddīn. (updated Sep 2023)

• 29 Meybod. (updated Sep 2023)

• 30 Farasfaj. (updated Sep 2023)

• 31 Īzadkhāst. (updated Sep 2023)

• 32 Bisotūn. (updated Sep 2023)

• 33 Ganjali Khān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 34 Yengeh Emām. (updated Sep 2023)

• 35 Khājeh Nazar. (updated Sep 2023)

• 36 Goujebel. (updated Sep 2023)

• 37 Sāeen. (updated Sep 2023)

• 38 Titi. (updated Sep 2023)

• 39 Dehdasht. (updated Sep 2023)

• 40 Khoy. (updated Sep 2023)

• 41 Bāgh-e Sheikh. (updated Sep 2023)

• 42 Neyestānak. (updated Sep 2023)

• 43 Chehel Pāyeh. (updated Sep 2023)

• 44 Khān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 45 Deh Mohammad. (updated Sep 2023)

• 46 Tāj Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)

• 47 Chāh kūrān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 48 Kharānaq. (updated Sep 2023)

• 49 Rashti. (updated Sep 2023)

• 50 Borāzjān. (updated Sep 2023)

• 51 Chameshk. (updated Sep 2023)

• 52 Afzal. (updated Sep 2023)

• 53 Bastak. (updated Sep 2023)

• 54 Saʿadossaltaneh. (updated Sep 2023)

See also

• Silk Road

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