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UNESCO World Heritage in Iran includes 26 historical-cultural and natural sites that have been registered in UNESCO World Heritage. This list includes 24 items of cultural heritage and 2 works of natural heritage.
Date of Establishment: 17th Century
Date of Inscription: 1979
Naghsh Jahan Square is a large rectangular square in the city of Isfahan, Iran, which is surrounded by buildings from the Safavid period. Naghsh Jahan Square was established in its current form during the reign of Shah Abbas Safavid. The historical monuments in Naghsh Jahan Square include Aliaqapo, Shah Mosque, Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and Qaisaria Gate.
Date of Establishment: 5th Century BC.
Date of Inscription: 1979
Persepolis or Parseh, which is located in Marvdasht city in the north of Fars province, is the name of one of the ancient cities of Iran. In this ancient city, there is a complex of palaces called Persepolis, which was built during the reign of Darius the Great, Xerxes and Ardashir I.
Location: Khuzestan
Date of Establishment: 5th Century BC
Date of Inscription: 2009
Shushtar water structures inscribed as a masterpiece of creative genius, can be traced back to Darius the Great in the 5th century B.C. to use water power as a stimulus for industrial mills. In this large complex, the construction of mills, waterfalls, canals and huge water and tunnels leading to Sika, which is a place for rest and entertainment, are remarkable and interesting. In the travelogue of Madame Jean Diolafois, the famous French archaeologist, this area is mentioned as the largest industrial complex before the Industrial Revolution.
Location: Isfahan
Date of Establishment: 8th Century
Date of Inscription: 2012
This mosque is one of the most important and oldest religious buildings in Iran, which includes various parts such as the dome of Nizam-ol-Molk, the dome of Taj-ol-Molk, along with four porches of naves, Mozaffari Altar of Al-Jaito School, each of which represents the course of Islamic architecture in certain periods. The architectural style of the mosque is Razi style. This building reflects Byzantine and classical art in the form of a traditional and Islamic building.
Location: Tehran
Date of Establishment: 17th Century
Date of Inscription: 2013
The buildings of this palace were built at different times and were part of the historic royal citadel. Its construction dates back to the time of Shah Tahmasb I, and its main parts were built inside the old fence of Tehran and expanded during the Qajar period and was the residence of Qajar kings.
Location: Khuzestan
Date of Establishment: 5000 BC.
Date of Inscription: 2015
The ancient city of Susa is one of the oldest known settlements in the world. According to ancient documents, Susa was one of the most important and glorious ancient cities of Iran and the world. The ancient city of Susa was once the center of a clash of two important civilizations, each of which contributed to the other.
Location: Fars
Date of Establishment: 3rd to 7th Century
Date of Inscription: 2018
Remains from the Sassanid era in the cities of Firoozabad, Kazerun and Sarvestan have been registered in the form of a file. These works include the ancient city of Bishapour, Shapur Cave, Sassanid palace of Sarvestan, the ancient city of Ardeshir Khoreh, the palace of Ardeshir Babakan, Qala-e Dokhtar, the relief of Deyhimdari and the relief of Ardeshir’s victory over Ardavan.
Date of Establishment: 6th- 4th Century BC.
Date of Inscription: 2004
Bam citadel is located in the northeast corner and attached to the city of Bam in Kerman province and adjacent to the Silk Road and according to several narrations, belongs to the Parthian or Achaemenid period. Until the end of the Qajar period, Bam citadel was still inhabited. This famous historical monument in the Bam earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.6, which shook the city of Bam at 5:26 AM on December 26, 2003. Was destroyed.
Location: Fars
Date of Establishment: 6th Century BC.
Date of Inscription: 2004
It is a collection of antiquities left over from the Achaemenid period. This complex includes structures such as the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the royal garden of Pasargadae, the palace gate, the bridge, the public palace, the private palace, the two pavilions, the fountains of the royal garden, the tomb of Cambyses, the fortifications of Tal Takht, Mozaffari caravanserai, the holy shrine and the narrow courtyard.
Location: Azerbaijan
Date of Establishment: 7th- 14th Century
Date of Inscription: 2008
It is a complex of three Armenian churches (Qara Church, St. Stephen’s Church and Dzor Dzor Church). These churches were founded between the seventh and fourteenth centuries AD and have been rebuilt several times over time.
Location: Ardabil
Date of Establishment: 16th- 18th Century
Date of Inscription: 2010
The tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din named after the famous mystic Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabil, the ancestor of the Safavid kings, was built in 735 AH by his son Sadr al-Din Musa. In the Safavid era, the tomb of the Sheikh was decorated with the presence of the great masters of the Safavid era. One of the unique points of this collection is that this tomb contains dozens of original works in various themes of art disciplines.
Location: Azerbaijan
Date of Establishment: 13th Century
Date of Inscription: 2010
Tabriz Bazaar is one of the largest and most important indoor markets in Iran and Asia. With an area of about one square kilometer, this market is the largest indoor market in the world. This market consists of numerous bazaars, timchehs, inns and caravanserais
Location: Fars, Isfahan, Kerman, Mazandaran, Yazd, South Khorasan
Date of Establishment: —-
Date of Inscription: 2011
Persian Garden refers to its unique structure and design. The Persian garden of Pasargad is considered to be the root of the architecture of these gardens. Eram, Chehelston, Finn, Abbasabad, Bagh-e Shazdeh, Dolatabad, Pahlavanpour, Akbariyeh were registered as World Heritage Sites.
Location: Golestan
Date of Establishment: 11th Century
Date of Inscription: 2012
Qaboos Dome is a historical building from the 4th century AH with the style of Razi style architecture and the tallest all-brick tower in the world, which was built during the reign of Qaboos Ibn Vashmgir in the city of Hyrkani, which was the capital of the kings of that land.
Location: Sistan and Baluchestan
Date of Establishment: 6000 BC.
Date of Inscription: 2014
It is the remains of an ancient city that is 6,000 years old and coincides with the Bronze Age of Jiroft civilization. The city has an area of 280 hectares and has 5 main sections, which include residential, central, industrial, monuments, and cemeteries, which are located in a series of hills and adjoining each other.
Location: Kerman
Date of Establishment: —
Date of Inscription: 2015
Meymand is a rocky village with several thousand years old. This building is undoubtedly one of the first human settlements in Iran. Meymand village has a total of 406 kits and 2560 rooms. The inhabitants of this village have special customs and Sassanid Pahlavi words are still used in their language and dialect.
Location: Fars, Isfahan, Kerman, Mazandaran, Yazd, South Khorasan and Markazi
Date of Establishment: —
Date of Inscription: 2016
The uniqueness of these aqueducts includes the technologies related to their construction, taking into account their unique features, such as the deepest, longest, or oldest aqueduct in Iran. These 11 aqueducts include: Qasbeh Gonabad aqueduct, Baladeh Ferdows aqueduct, Hassanabad Moshir aqueduct and Bagh Zarch aqueduct, Ebrahimabad Arak aqueduct, Mazdabad aqueduct and Vazwan public aqueduct, Moon aqueduct, Goharriz aqueduct of Jopar aqueduct, Bassem Akbar aqueduct.
Location: Yazd
Date of Establishment: —
Date of Inscription: 2017
The texture and construction of special architecture of Yazd region is one of the most obvious examples of special architecture of hot and dry climates in the world. In the center of each neighborhood are usually baths, bazaars, water reservoirs, mosques, lords, small workshops, and water atmospheres, many of which are still standing. Windbreaks, minarets and domes are the most characteristic aspects of the city’s architecture.
Location: Kurdistan
Date of Establishment: 3000 BC.
Date of Inscription: 2021
Uramanat is the name of historical regions with stepped texture and special customs in the provinces of Kurdistan and Kermanshah. These villages have unique features in terms of architecture, people’s lifestyle and agriculture, and by combining agriculture on steep slopes, they have shown their integration with nature.
Date of Establishment:
Date of Inscription: 2021
Iran’s national railway route with a length of about 1400 km, not only in terms of technique and quality of construction, is important in the world after tourism and encounters with special landscapes and natural attractions, and UNESCO is located in the world. This route is full of natural attractions. , Voted on buildings, plans, stations, facilities and even historic locomotives.
Date of Inscription: 2016
This heritage is the first natural monument of Iran. The history of civilization for more than five thousand years in the margin of Lut plain and the discovery of about three thousand historical monuments of this region is unique in its kind, among which we can mention the five-thousand-year-old flag of Shahdad, which is the oldest flag in the world.
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