• Iran's national railway was registered on ...
Iran's national railway with a length of approximately 1,400 kilometers was registered as the 25th tangible cultural heritage and the first industrial heritage of Iran on the List.
The railway is notable for its scale and the engineering works it required to overcome steep routes and other difficulties.
The railway is a masterpiece of engineering spans 1,394 kilometers from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and goes through several climate regions that are home to people from various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
Previously, Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (2008), Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2004), Bisotun (2006), Cultural Landscape of Maymand (2015), Golestan Palace (2013), Gonbad-e Qābus (2012), Historic City of Yazd (2017), Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (2012), Meidan Emam in Esfahan (1979), Pasargadae (2004), Persepolis (1979), Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (2018), Shahr-i Sokhta (2014), Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardebil (2010), Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (2009), Soltaniyeh (2005), Susa (2015),Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (2010), Takht-e Soleyman (2003), Tchogha Zanbil (1979), the Persian Garden (2011) and the Persian Qanat (2016) that are Iran’s cultural properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Also, Hyrcanian Forests (2019) and Lut Desert (2016) are Iran’s natural properties that have been inscribed on the list.
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