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Qanats of Gonabad

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Asia and the Pacific)
Date of Submission: 09/08/2007
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submitted by: Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
State, Province or Region: Gonabad, Khorasan Province
Ref.: 5207

Description

The property contains of 427 water wells with a length of 33113 meters and has been constructed based on different sciences like physics, geology and hydraulics and made it possible for the inhabitants to live in such a dry land that it rains there scarcely.

Justification for Outstanding Universal Value

Satements of authenticity and/or integrity

Discovered ceramic fragments, walls and bed precipitations.

Comparison with other similar properties

Qanats of Uroune , Moun , Chahak and Shirin.