The Complex of Izadkhast is located in Izadkhast in the Fars Province of Iran, roughly 135km south of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

. It is a historical complex listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The complex consists of the Izad-khast Castle and old ruined town, the

Izadkhast Caravanserai The Izadkhast Caravanserai is a historic site located in Izadkhast in Fars Province, central Iran. It was a caravanserai or roadside inn on the ancient Silk Road, serving caravaners and travelers as a place for rest and recovery during long jou ...

roadside inn, and a

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

-period bridge. The complex is located on a natural base with the castle built on a bedrock to protect it from foreign attacks. The architecture of the complex displays unique characteristics to Izadkhast. The Complex of Izadkhast of was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on August 9, 2007, in the Cultural category.The Complex of Izadkhast - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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Izad-khast Castle

The Izad-Khast Castle is the most important section of the complex. It is unique to Izadkhast and the only comparison to its building materials are found in sites of the Izadkhast region. The works within the castle displays different architectural styles and date back to the Sassanid and

Qajar dynasty The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...

periods. The castle is built on a singular bedrock in a sand construction, close to the valley of Izadkhast. The smallness of the bedrock had led to an increase of castle floors. It also led to an agglomeration of small built rooms. The castle was only accessible from a bridge and a gate built in the most accessible part of the complex.

Izadkhast Caravanserai

The

is an ancient

caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

or roadside inn where caravaners and travelers rested and recover during their journeys. The Izadkhast Caravanserai is one of 25 caravanserais on the UNESCO List of ''Persian Caravanserai''. It was selected from hundreds of caravanserais from all over Iran under the name of ''Persian Caravanserais''.

Safavid-period bridge

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Samanid The Samanid Empire ( fa, سامانیان, Sāmāniyān) also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids) was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin. The empire was centred in Kho ...

in Izadkhast

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Izad-khast Castle

Izadkhast Caravanserai

Safavid-period bridge

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