Qomnews
: Iran has launched a major restoration project for the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, an ancient irrigation network located in southwestern Iran that has been registered on the list of World Heritage Sites of the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO.
Monday 16 January 2023 - 13:33
Story Code : 107830
Iran launches restoration project for key UNESCO site
Mohammad Hossein Arastouzadeh, who serves as head of MCTH’s local department in the province of Khuzestan, where the UNESCO site is located, said the launch of the restoration project is a dream come true for cultural heritage advocates in Iran.
Iran launches restoration project for key UNESCO site in south
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Arastouzadeh said a contract worth 470 billion rials had been awarded to a local company to carry out the restoration project.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System became Iran's 10th cultural heritage site to be registered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2009.
The complex irrigation system, which is a combination of bridges, mills, dams, waterfalls, canals, and tunnels, was completed during the Sassanid in the third century AD.
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