🏛️ The Persian Caravanserai
UNESCO World Heritage network of 54 historic roadside inns across Iran
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO inscription: 2023
- Comprises 54 caravanserais across Iran
- Construction spanning multiple centuries, primarily Safavid era (16th–18th centuries)
- Located along historic trade routes including the Silk Road
The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2023, comprising 54 roadside inns distributed across Iran. These structures represent centuries of architectural and social development, serving as essential nodes in trade networks that connected East and West. Collectively, they document the history of commerce, travel, and cultural exchange across the Iranian plateau and beyond ...