Isfahan World Heritage Site Threatened
Posted March 6, 2010
By Nancy
World Heritage Site Threathened by Subway
Esphahan (Isfahan), Iran is one of Iran’s great historic cities with important architetural buildings such as the Hasht Behesht Palace and the Chahar-Bagh School. Some of the sites are sacred such as the Mosque of Sheykh Lotfollah which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Meidan Emam.
Recent subway construction has endangered sites, some dating to the 15th Century. There is concern that vibration from the subway movement and its construction could cause collapse of historic sites.
Isfahan’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization has filed an official complaint against the city’s metropolitan railway authority and UNESCO has sent official representatives to conduct a site inspection.