Kategorie

Cultural

Land

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Einschreibungsjahr

1979

Kriterien

(i)(v)(vi)

UNESCO-ID

115

Beschreibung

Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal Mosque, the Mosque of Sheykh Lotfollah, the magnificent Portico of Qaysariyyeh and the 15th-century Timurid palace. They are an impressive testimony to the level of social and cultural life in Persia during the Safavid era.