Shah Safi caravanserai
Sabunchu raion, Azerbaijan
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Shah Safi caravanserai stands in the village of Balakhani in the Sabunchu raion of Azerbaijan. It is a cultural heritage monument of the Shirvan-Absheron school of Safavid architecture, built in 1635–1636 by the master Burkhan and the sarkar Behbud at the order of the Safavid ruler Shah Sefi I. Its elongated rectangular plan, roughly 1:3 in proportion, has its entrance facing north-east.
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- Built
- Type
- caravanserai
- Heritage
- cultural heritage monument in Azerbaijan
- Place
- Sabunchu raion, Azerbaijan
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