# The Persian Caravanserai

The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of 54 components around Iran.

## Understand

Just as there are motels and truck stops along today's highways around the world, the ancient Silk Road had caravanserai, roadside inns where voyagers could eat and sleep. Many are still standing and some are still in business.
Many caravanserai were in Persia, today's Iran. In 2023, 54 especially important, well preserved and/or architecturally interesting ones were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; those are the subject of this article.
A typical caravanserai has several buildings, including stables for the caravans' horses and camels, grouped around a central courtyard. Some are quite large, able to accommodate several caravans. Some are in towns; the more rural ones are often fortified against the local bandits.
    See also: Silk_Road#Sleep, Persian Empire

## Sites

* 35.05835351.4201361 Deyr-e Gachin. (updated Sep 2023)
* 35.77073153.7323722 Noushirvān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 35.77053953.7301443 Āhovān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 35.45822850.9745974 Parand. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.26656960.6551615 Robāt-e Sharaf. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.15324454.4771086 Anjireh Ājori. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.16221154.4840397 Anjireh Sangi. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.99593660.7183678 Abbās Ābād Tāybād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 37.27191447.84319 Jamāl Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 37.15329456.92074210 Qelli. (updated Sep 2023)
* 35.99988659.31348611 Fakhr-e Dāvūd. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.86815851.37040312 Sheikhali Khān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.29913651.81238613 Maranjāb. (updated Sep 2023)
* 31.67269452.06844714 Amin Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 33.768651.48952515 Gabr Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.26501751.80973316 Mahyār. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.80935851.60932217 Gaz. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.71343152.43578618 Kūhpāyeh. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.30787856.80644219 Mazinān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.28459257.14360320 Mehr. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.16571958.08623121 Zafarāniyeh. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.74463658.05538622 Fakhr Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 33.85528658.51801723 Sarāyān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.76528152.17713624 Qasr-e Bahrām. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.40918655.653325 Mayāmey. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.36121956.38787526 Abbās Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.42813156.06057827 Miāndasht. (updated Sep 2023)
* 31.41185854.70685328 Zeynoddīn. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.22792554.00919429 Meybod. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.48796748.28298930 Farasfaj. (updated Sep 2023)
* 31.51336452.13320631 Īzadkhāst. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.38453347.43493332 Bisotūn. (updated Sep 2023)
* 30.29095657.07893633 Ganjali Khān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 35.93628650.71962234 Yengeh Emām. (updated Sep 2023)
* 38.97744445.57697235 Khājeh Nazar. (updated Sep 2023)
* 38.34389446.8633536 Goujebel. (updated Sep 2023)
* 38.00104447.88158637 Sāeen. (updated Sep 2023)
* 37.04477549.90223638 Titi. (updated Sep 2023)
* 30.78820350.56152539 Dehdasht. (updated Sep 2023)
* 38.46644.62352840 Khoy. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.99083150.44695641 Bāgh-e Sheikh. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.97120652.79936442 Neyestānak. (updated Sep 2023)
* 31.94001157.14040843 Chehel Pāyeh. (updated Sep 2023)
* 33.36638156.07041444 Khān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 33.99156156.97917845 Deh Mohammad. (updated Sep 2023)
* 34.87663348.22072846 Tāj Ābād. (updated Sep 2023)
* 31.56933356.85016947 Chāh kūrān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.34494754.66798348 Kharānaq. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.44072253.63105349 Rashti. (updated Sep 2023)
* 29.26711451.20825850 Borāzjān. (updated Sep 2023)
* 33.23795648.21133651 Chameshk. (updated Sep 2023)
* 32.04396148.85212852 Afzal. (updated Sep 2023)
* 27.198554.37597253 Bastak. (updated Sep 2023)
* 36.26929450.00070854 Saʿadossaltaneh. (updated Sep 2023)

## See also

* Silk Road