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Qazvin Province, Iran

Sa'd al-Saltaneh Caravanserai

Qazvin Province, Iran

Sa'd al-Saltaneh Caravanserai
Photo: Fereshteh Sa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

The Sa'd al-Saltaneh Caravanserai stands in the city of Qazvin, Qazvin Province, Iran. Built in the Qajar era by Sa'd al-Saltaneh, then ruler of Qazvin, it is one of the country's best preserved urban caravanserais and is described as the world's largest indoor caravanserai. It occupies 6.2 hectares on a square plan, with four iwans around a courtyard and interiors decorated in muqarnas.

Movement

Type
caravanserai, cultural property
Materials
mortar, brick
Heritage
Iranian National Heritage
Place
Qazvin Province, Iran

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Location

36.26889, 50.00056