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Lashkar Bridge-Dam, () is a world heritage site, a part of
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System () is a complex irrigation system of the island city Shushtar from the Sasanian era. It consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system. Located in Iran's ...
, located in the island city
Shushtar Shushtar () is a city in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Shushtar is an ancient fortress city, approximately from Ahvaz, the centre of the province ...
, Khouzestan,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
from the
Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the large ...
era. Lashkar Bridge was registered on
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's list of
World Heritage Sites World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritag ...
in 2009 and is Iran's 10th cultural heritage site to be registered on the
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' list together with the 12 other historical bridges, dams, canals, and buildings as
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System () is a complex irrigation system of the island city Shushtar from the Sasanian era. It consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system. Located in Iran's ...
.SHUSHTAR HISTORICAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, World heritage nomination document,2008


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