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Description
Property Name: Khan Bath
Inventory No: 98-351-5
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-12-08
Country (State party): Iran
Province: Yazd
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 31° 53′ 21.19″ N
54° 21′ 22.44″ E
Historic Period: 18th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1798
Style: Qajar
Original Use: Bath
Current Use: Restaurant
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The bath is a part of the main khan complex of Yazd in 18th century.
Selection Criteria
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The restoration of the bath has been rewarded with Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001, as it gives a new life to old structures in Iran.
It is open to visit and use.
References
Kiyani, M.Y., Memari wa Shahrsazi Iran: Be Riwayat Taswir (Iranian Architecture and Town planning: A Pictorial Record), Hawza-i Hunari Sazman-i Tablighat-i Islami-i Iran, Tahran, 1993.
Kiyani, M.Y., Memari-i Iran dar doreh Islami (Iranian architecture in Islamic period), Iran, Samt, 2000.
Pirniya, M. K., Mimariyan, G. H., Sabkshinasi-i Mimari-i Irani (Stylistics of Persian Architecture) Pajuhandeh, Tehran, 2004.
Archnet Website: http://www.archnet.org
Unesco World Heritage Website, http://whc.unesco.org