INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
undergone restoration, but this time to become a destination for modern sightseers.Restoration work has commenced on Amiri Caravanserai,
which is situated in Eyvanaki, some 70 kilometers from Tehran in an eastward direction, CHTN reported.The project is financed jointly by
centuries-old caravanserai, can be a wide experience; they have an opportunity to feel the past, a time travel back into a forgotten
latter means the building
They often had massive portals supported by elevated load-bearing walls
Guest rooms were constructed around the courtyard and stables behind them with doors in the corners of the yard.A couple of years ago, the
Iran tourism ministry introduced a scheme to keep them alive and profitable; tens of caravanserais are ceded to private investors for better
Now, some are exclusively renovated and repurposed into boutique hotels and tourist lodgings.Cozy chambers that are meticulously laid out
around a vast courtyard may easily evoke spirits of the past
and bustle of merchants bargaining on prices, recounting their arduous journeys to one another while their camels chewing hay!Passing major
roads in the country, one may see crumbling caravanserais many of which were abandoned for ages
In the Information Age, such guest houses have largely lost their actual usage.They often had massive portals supported by elevated
Guest rooms were constructed around the courtyard and stables behind them with doors in the corners of the yard.The earliest caravanserais
in Iran were built during the Achaemenid era (550 -330 BC)
Such roadside inns were once constructed along ancient caravan routes in the Muslim world to shelter people, their goods, and animals
The former Silk Roads may be the most famous example dotted by caravanserais.The Islamic Republic has submitted an inclusive dossier on its
caravanserais to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
The dossier comprises the obligatory data about a selection of 56 caravanserais, which are scattered across the ancient land
And the shortlist includes qualified caravanserais located in at least 24 provinces.AFM
