There are a lot of historic sites and tourist attractions in Iran. Here you get familiar with those which have been registered in the UNESCO List of world human heritage. Of course, Iran is an ancient country that can potentially offer plenty of historic sites and tourist attractions to its visitors.
Iran’s Historical Sites in the UNESCO List
This list gets updated as UNESCO approves the documentations offered by the Iranian delegation to the UN. At the time being, the list includes:
Tchogha Zabnil
Tchogha Zabnil: This tourist attraction and historic site is a ziggurat-shaped temple built under the kingdom of Elam, c. 1250 B.C.
It is surrounded by three huge walls and can be seen from a long distance.
Millions of bricks have been used in the construction of this temple. Some of them are engraved in cuneiform writing … more
Persepolis
Persepolis: This tourist attraction and historic site is the most famous and popular site in Iran. It is the palace complex built under Darius the Great in 518 B.C.
There used to be 29 nations sending delegation there to the Persian emperors paying respect and meeting on certain occasions
A series of ancient palaces … more
Meidan-e-Emam
Meidan-e-Emam: This tourist attraction and historic site is a huge square with monuments on all its four sides along the two-storeyed arcades in Esfehan.
What makes this site a top tourist attraction is the ultimately grand examples of Iranian architecture.
Two mosques, a palace and a bazaar are making a breath-taking … more
Takht-e-Soleyman
Takht-e-Soleyman: This tourist attraction and historic site is an archaeological site in the mountains.
You can find various structures from pre-Islam to post-Islam eras here. There are ancient temples like fire temple and water temple found here.
This is the best-preserved compound from the Ilkhanid era … more
Pasargadae
Pasargadae: This tourist attraction and historic site is the capital of the first dynastic Persian Empire, Achaemenians.
Pasargadae is also the first example of Achaemenians’ palace compounds and the first examples of Persian garden planning in Iranian history.
The tomb of Cyrus the great here … more
Ancient Town of Bam
Bam: This tourist attraction and historic site is an ancient walled city originally built under Achaemenians.
Kariz, an ancient Iranian underground water supplement system, known as qanat, made life possible in this oasis.
Life was going on here more than 2000 … more
Soltaniyeh
Soltaniyeh: This tourist attraction and historic site is the capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty where the mausoleum of Oljaytu is located.
This masterpiece of architecture is a unique example of Iranians’ precision in mathematics and calculation in engineering.
It is also a perfect example of Ilkhanid structure embellishment and calligraphy … more
Bisotun
Bisotun: This tourist attraction and historic site is the largest inscription of the world consisting of 1119 lines of cuneiform in three languages.
The rock relieves depict Darius the Great after an initial endeavor to arrest the rebels who had introduced themselves falsely as sons of Cyrus the Great.
This huge inscription is in Cuneiform … more
Shushtar Waterfalls
Shushtar Waterfalls: These waterfalls are the masterpieces of engineering at the time of ancient Iranians.
The entire collection includes waterfalls, dams, bridges, basins, mills, etc. The waterfalls are planned and dug into the rocks on the new course of water chosen by the ancient engineers.
For more than 1600 years, these mills … more
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
Armenian Monastic Ensembles: There are three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christians living in the North West of present day Iran:
St Thaddeus, St Stepanos, and the Chapel of Dzordzor.
The oldest structure among these three dates back to the 7th century and … more
The list of UNESCO sites in Iran will be updated as more sites are documented and approved by the related authorities and UN bodies. You can bookmark this page and keep coming back to check out new sites added here.
