List of World Heritage Sites in Iran
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
Bam
Bisotun
Maymand
Gonbad-e Qābus
Lut Desert
Ardabil
Shushtar
Soltaniyeh
Tabriz
Takht-e Soleyman
Kashan (Persian Garden)
Behshahr (Persian Garden)
Gonabad (Persian Qanat)
Historical Sassanian Cities
Hyrcanian forests
There are twenty-four World Heritage Sites in Iran as of 2019,[1]
World Heritage Sites
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- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[2]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[3]
- Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A lack of value implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
- Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area | Year | Description |
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Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran | West Azerbaijan Province38°58′44″N 45°28′24″E / 38.97889°N 45.47333°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(vi) |
129 (320) | 2008 | [4] | |
Bam and its Cultural Landscape | Kerman Province29°07′00″N 58°22′00″E / 29.11667°N 58.36667°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)(v) |
— | 2004 | [5] | |
Bisotun | Kermanshah Province34°23′18″N 47°26′12″E / 34.38833°N 47.43667°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
187 (460) | 2006 | [6] | |
Cultural Landscape of Maymand | Kerman Province30°10′05″N 55°22′32″E / 30.16806°N 55.37556°E | Cultural: (v) |
4,954 (12,240) | 2015 | [7] | |
Gonbad-e Qābus | Golestan Province37°15′29″N 55°10′08″E / 37.25806°N 55.16889°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
1 (2.5) | 2012 | [8] | |
Golestan Palace | Tehran35°40′47″N 51°25′13″E / 35.67972°N 51.42028°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
5.3 (13) | 2013 | [9] | |
Lut Desert | Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan Provinces | Natural: (vii)(viii) |
2,278,012 (5,629,090) | 2016 | [10] | |
The Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities in Fars Province (Bishabpur, Firouzabad, Sarvestan) | Fars Province | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(v) |
639.3 (1,580) | 2018 | [11] | |
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan | Isfahan, Isfahan Province | Cultural: (ii) |
2.0756 (5.129) | 2012 | [12] | |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square | Isfahan, Isfahan Province | Cultural: (i)(v)(vi) |
— | 1979 | [13] | |
Pasargadae | Fars Province30°11′38″N 53°10′02″E / 30.19389°N 53.16722°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
160 (400) | 2004 | [14] | |
Persepolis | Fars Province29°56′04″N 52°53′25″E / 29.93444°N 52.89028°E | Cultural: (i)(iii)(vi) |
12.5 (31) | 1979 | [15] | |
Shahr-e Sukhteh | Sistan and Baluchestan Province30°35′38″N 61°19′40″E / 30.59389°N 61.32778°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
275 (680) | 2014 | [16] | |
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil | Ardabil Province38°14′55″N 48°17′29″E / 38.24861°N 48.29139°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
2 (4.9) | 2010 | [17] | |
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System | Khuzestan Province32°01′07″N 48°50′09″E / 32.01861°N 48.83583°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(v) |
240 (590) | 2009 | [18] | |
Soltaniyeh | Zanjan Province36°26′07″N 48°47′48″E / 36.43528°N 48.79667°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
790 (2,000) | 2005 | [19] | |
Susa | Khuzestan Province32°11′22″N 48°15′22″E / 32.18944°N 48.25611°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
350 (860) | 2015 | [20] | |
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex | East Azerbaijan Province38°04′53″N 46°17′35″E / 38.08139°N 46.29306°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
29 (72) | 2010 | [21] | |
Takht-e Soleyman | West Azerbaijan Province36°36′14″N 47°14′06″E / 36.60389°N 47.23500°E | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
10 (25) | 2003 | [22] | |
Tchogha Zanbil | Khuzestan Province32°05′00″N 48°32′00″E / 32.08333°N 48.53333°E | Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1979 | [23] | |
The Persian Garden | Many Provinces (Fars, Kerman, Razavi Khorasan, Yazd, Mazandaran, and Isfahan Provinces) | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
716 (1,770) | 2011 | [24] | |
Persian Qanat | Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Yazd, Kerman, Markazi and Isfahan Provinces | Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 2016 | [25] | |
Historic City of Yazd | Yazd, Yazd Province | Cultural: (iii)(v) |
195.67 (483.5) | 2017 | [26] | |
Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests | Golestan, Mazandaran and Gilan Provinces | Natural: (ix) |
129,484.74 (319,963.8) | 2019 | Hyrcanian forest covered some parts of Three provinces of Iran including: Golestan Province: The entirety of the southern and southwestern areas as well as parts of the eastern regions of the Gorgan plain is covered with Hyrcanian forest, totaling an area.[27] |
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Tchogha Zanbil
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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
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Bam
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Iran". UNESCO. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Bam and its Cultural Landscape". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Bisotun". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cultural Landscape of Maymand". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Gonbad-e Qābus". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Golestan Palace". UNESCO. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ "Lut Desert". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region". UNESCO. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Meidan Emam, Esfahan". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Pasargadae". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Persepolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Shahr-e Sukhteh". UNESCO. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ↑ "Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Soltaniyeh". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Susa". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Takht-e Soleyman". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Tchogha Zanbil". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Persian Garden". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Persian Qanat". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Historic City of Yazd". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ↑ "Hyrcanian forests". UNESCO. Retrieved 27 Aug 2019.
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