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Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, v |
Reference | 1315 |
Inscription | 2009 (33rd Session) |
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, (Persian: سازههای آبی شوشتر) is an island city from the Sassanid era with a complex irrigation system, situated in Iran's Khuzestan Province.[1][2] It has been registered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2009, as Iran's 10th cultural heritage site to be registered on the United Nation's list.[1][3]
Originally dating to the time of Darius the Great, an Achaemenian king of Iran, it partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun river, one of which is still in use today. It delivers water to the Shushtar city via a route of supplying tunnels.[1] The area includes Selastel Castel, which is the axis for operation of the hydraulic system. It also consists of a tower for water level measurement, along with bridges, dams, mills, and basins.[3][1]
Then it enters the plain south from the city, where its impact includes enabling the possibility of farming over the area called Mianâb and planting orchards.[3] In fact the whole area between the two diversion canals (Shutayt and Gargar) on Karun river is called Mianâb, an island having the Shushtar city at it's northern end.[4]
The site has been referred to as "a masterpiece of creative genius" by UNESCO.[5]
Sources
- ^ a b c d UNESCO registers Iran's Shushtar water system, PressTV, Retrieved on May 1, 2010.
- ^ Shushtar, world heritage sites, retrieved on May 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, UNESCO, Retrieved on May 1, 2010.
- ^ C. J. Edmonds, East and West of Zagros, BRILL, 2009, ISBN 9004173447; Page 157.
- ^ Check out 13 emerging wonders of the world, msn news, etrieved on May 1, 2010.