TEHRAN-- A Shah Abbasi caravanserai in Semnan, utilized as a jail over the previous 4 years, has actually been turned over to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.After years of waiting, and upon the order of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Shah Abbasi Caravanserai of Semnan was lastly provided to the ministry of tourist, CHTN estimated Semnans Governor-General Seyyed Mohammadreza Hashemi as stating on Friday.This caravanserai was at the disposal of the Prisons Organization for many years, the official said.
During the last four decades, this building was utilized as a prison.
Home to many ancient inns, Semnan wishes to acquire UNESCO status for a choice of its caravanserais, which are part of a national dossier to be examined in the near future by UNESCO experts.Last year, the Islamic Republic put forward a selection of 56 caravansaries as a candidate for collective addition in UNESCOS cultural heritage list.
Such massive inns date from different periods, from the Sassanid (224 CE-651) to the Qajar epoch (1789-- 1925).
Caravanserai is a compound word combining caravan with serai (or sara ); the former stands for a group of travelers and the latter suggests the building.
They frequently had actually massive websites supported by elevated load-bearing walls.
Guest spaces were constructed around the yard and stables behind them, with doors in the corners of the yard.The earliest Iranian caravanserais go back to the Achaemenid age (550 - 330 BC).
Centuries later, when Shah Abbas I presumed power from 1588-- to 1629, the mighty Safavid king purchased the building of a network of caravanserais throughout the country.Such roadside inns were when constructed along ancient caravan routes in the Muslim world to shelter individuals, their items, and animals.
The former Silk Road may be the most well-known example dotted by caravanserais.For lots of tourists to Iran, staying in or even visiting a centuries-old caravanserai can be a large experience; they have a chance to feel the past, a time travel back to a forgotten age.The bulk of Iranian caravanserais have actually huge portals supported by elevated bearing walls.
Arched guest rooms are constructed around the yard and stables behind them with doors in the corners of the yard.AFM