Tehran – Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage Ali Dharabi has announced that preparation of comprehensive documents in Golgan’s feldspar is ongoing, aiming for a potential inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Dharabi said at a specialized seminar on Golgan’s global wall registration capabilities held at Takavi School in Golgan on Thursday that the global registration of the monument is not only a symbolic honor, but also relates to the effective protection of the monument, the development of tourism, the prosperity of business and the promotion of international cultural interactions.
He said Golgan’s Great Wall, built in front of China’s Great Wall, is one of the country’s unparalleled capabilities, and could pave the way for attracting billions of dollars in sales.
New archaeological excavations will be launched to complete the Golgan wall wall wall.
He noted that 27 tangible, intangible, natural heritage sites are found in the World Heritage List Cues.
Dharabi also said Golestan should be transformed into a tourism destination, adding that the Ministry of Cultural Heritage has compiled a five-year programme to promote three sectors, including cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts, across 31 Iranian provinces. Golestan is in the spotlight with its natural, historical and cultural potential, he added.
He said that the historic Gombad Tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and therefore belongs not only to Golestan and Iran, but also to all members of human society. Works registered around the world are protected from any attack and destruction by international practices and protocols, he added.
The ancient Great Wall is one of the most famous and mysterious humans built centuries ago.
Of course, the two most well-known are the legendary walls of China and Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. The Berlin Wall is a more modern example, reminding us of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, and the Belfast Wall of Peace in Northern Ireland.
However, between China’s Great Wall and Hadrian’s Wall, an equally impressive wall of two seconds in West Asia was built. Golgan’s Great Wall.
Golgan’s Great Wall between the Caspian Sea and Mount Alborz guarded the frontier of the Sassanian Empire. It was one of the hardest buildings to take over as clay, fired bricks, mortar and other heavy-duty building materials entered the construction.
There is disagreement about when it was constructed, but many sources reached the Gregorian calendar in the 5th or 6th century.
This means that the Sasanian Empire was founded by the great Koslo I, one of the great kings of Persia.
The initial purpose of the wall construction is mystical, but many believe it is to protect the empire’s northern boundary against Hephthalite, also known as White Huns, where Sassanid had mixed relationships.
With the exception of the Great Wall of China, it completely warped all other similar structures, 195 km long.
To put that into perspective, do not approach Hadrian’s wall and Antonin’s wall to fit the Golgan’s wall.
But not only its size, but the structure of this wall was amazing and its impact increased.
It is also known as the Red Wall. Redwall is called a red snake in ancient texts. According to UNESCO, Golgan’s Great Wall is even more noteworthy not only in terms of its physical scale, but also in terms of technical refinement. To enable construction work, the canal had to be digged along the process of defensive barriers to provide the water needed to produce bricks. These canals received water from supplier canals and bridged the Golgan River via Canut. One of these, Sadd-e Garkaz, survived to 700 m long and 20 m high, but originally it was almost a kilometre long.
The Golganwall and its associated ancient military monuments provide unique testimony to the engineering skills and military organizations of the Sassanian Empire. They help explain the geographical range from Mesopotamia to the west of the Indian subcontinent. It also helps explain how much border defense contributed to the empire’s internal prosperity and its lifespan. These monuments are of global importance in terms of scale, historical importance and refinement.
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