A book on the UNESCO-registered Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, which is known globally as a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’, has recently been published in Braille.
Source: Book on ‘masterpiece of creative genius’ published for the unsighted
Some 800 water-related structures have so far been identified across Khuzestan province in southwest Iran.
Source: 800 historical water structures identified in Khuzestan province
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System dates back to the 3rd century CE and includes parts that are datable to the 5th century BC.
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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, a UNESCO-registered ensemble in southwest Iran which is known as a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’, has not been affected by flash floods and heavy rainfall that stroke almost all of the country in the past weeks.
Source: UNESCO-tagged hydraulic ensemble unaffected by flooding
TEHRAN – A number of Iran’s age-old cultural heritage sites and monuments have been affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods and extreme weather in various parts of the country in the past weeks.
Source: Iran estimating flood damage to its historical sites, monuments
Images of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in the southwestern Iranian Province of Khuzestan.
Source: Shushtar Hydraulic System; Epitome of Persian Architecture
Shadravan Bridge, also known as Caesar Bridge, whose construction dates back to the Sassanid era, is said to be the most ancient bridge in the world.
Source: Iran’s Shadravan Bridge Most Ancient Bridge in World
TEHRAN – Iran’s Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System is under threat of excessive amounts of mineral salt and wastewaters that perpetually pass through the southwestern UNESCO World Heritage.
Source: Sediments, wastewaters threaten UNESCO-tagged hydraulic ensemble
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Shushtar, Historical Hydraulic System, inscribed as a masterpiece of creative genius, can be traced back to Darius the Great in the 5th century B.C.
Brief Synthesis
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System demonstrates outstanding universal value as in its present form, it dates from the 3rd century CE, probably on older bases from the 5th century BCE. It is complete, with numerous functions, and large-scale, making it exceptional. The Shushtar system is a homogeneous hydraulic system, designed globally and completed in the 3rd century CE. It is as rich in its diversity of civil engineering structures and its constructions as in the diversity of its uses (urban water supply, mills, irrigation, river transport, and defensive system).
