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The Persian Caravanserai

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

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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[edit]

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Map of The Persian Caravanserai
  • 1 Deyr-e Gachin.
  • 2 Noushirvān.
  • 3 Āhovān.
  • 4 Parand.
  • 5 Robāt-e Sharaf.
  • 6 Anjireh Ājori.
  • 7 Anjireh Sangi.
  • 8 Abbās Ābād Tāybād.
  • 9 Jamāl Ābād.
  • 10 Qelli.
  • 11 Fakhr-e Dāvūd.
  • 12 Sheikhali Khān.
  • 13 Maranjāb.
  • 14 Amin Ābād.
  • 15 Gabr Ābād.
  • 16 Mahyār.
  • 17 Gaz.
  • 18 Kūhpāyeh.
  • 19 Mazinān.
  • 20 Mehr.
  • 21 Zafarāniyeh.
  • 22 Fakhr Ābād.
  • 23 Sarāyān.
  • 24 Qasr-e Bahrām.
  • 25 Mayāmey.
  • 26 Abbās Ābād.
  • 27 Miāndasht.
  • 28 Zeynoddīn.
  • 29 Meybod.
  • 30 Farasfaj.
  • 31 Īzadkhāst.
  • 32 Bisotūn.
  • 33 Ganjali Khān.
  • 34 Yengeh Emām.
  • 35 Khājeh Nazar.
  • 36 Goujebel.
  • 37 Sāeen.
  • 38 Titi.
  • 39 Dehdasht.
  • 40 Khoy.
  • 41 Bāgh-e Sheikh.
  • 42 Neyestānak.
  • 43 Chehel Pāyeh.
  • 44 Khān.
  • 45 Deh Mohammad.
  • 46 Tāj Ābād.
  • 47 Chāh kūrān.
  • 48 Kharānaq.
  • 49 Rashti.
  • 50 Borāzjān.
  • 51 Chameshk.
  • 52 Afzal.
  • 53 Bastak.
  • 54 Saʿadossaltaneh.

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