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local tourism chief has said.A budget of 130 billion rials ($434,000) should be allocated to the restoration projects, Mehdi Mashhadi
explained on Saturday.Some 450 historical sites and aging structures have been identified across the county so far, of which some 135 have
been registered on the national heritage list, the official added.Aran-Bidgol is the gateway to the Maranjab desert and caravansary, which
also draws thousands of domestic travelers each year
The desert, which is a top destination for off-readers, leads to salt lake from the north, Band-e Rig and Desert National Park from the
east, Masileh Desert, Hoz-e sultan, and Moreh Lakes from the west and eventually Aran and Bidgol from the south.Situated in Isfahan
province, the town is surrounded by desert from the north and east, and thus it has a typical climate of hot and dry in summer, cold and dry
in winter, and very little rainfall during the year.Last year, a team of Iranian archaeologists found remnants of a centuries-old network,
