INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Gousheh-Shahanshah Caravanserai, a 17th-century roadside inn in Lorestan province, has undergone restoration, the provincial
tourism chief said on Sunday.The restoration work will touch upon worn-out bricks and traditional insulation of the rooftops, Seyyed Amin
Qasemi said.The Islamic Republic has submitted an inclusive dossier on its caravanserais to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
The dossier comprises the obligatory data about a selection of 56 caravanserais, which are located in 24 provinces.Caravanserai or
country.For many travelers to Iran, staying in or even visiting a centuries-old caravanserai, can be a wide experience; they have an
opportunity to feel the past, a time travel back into a forgotten age.Self-serving chambers that are meticulously laid out around a vast
courtyard may easily evoke spirits of the past
camels chewing hay!A region of raw beauty in western Iran, Lorestan was once inhabited by Iranian Indo-European peoples, including the
Moreover, Cimmerians and Scythians intermittently ruled the region from about 700 to 625 BC
Lorestan is famed for its ancient Luristan Bronzes for their eclectic array of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Iranian artistic motifs, dating
from this turbulent period.Historically speaking, Lorestan was incorporated into the growing Achaemenid Empire in about 540 BC and
successively was part of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid dynasties.AFM
