Iran
The Historical City of Maybod
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Official Information
- Full Name
- The Historical City of Maybod (ID: 5193)
- Country
- Iran
- Status
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Nominated None
Site history
History of The Historical City of Maybod
- 2007: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Criteria
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org
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- Community Category
- Secular structure: Residence
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Recent Visitors
- Alexander Parsons
- Ammon Watkins
- Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Erik Jelinek
- Hammeel
- Izzet Ege
- Jacob Otten
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Show full reviewsBernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
The Historical City Of Maybod
The Historical City of Maybod (Nominated)

With the recent inscription of Yazd, I am not quite sure how Maybod, another silk road desert city in the same region, would be able to position itself differently and subsequently provide a fresh perspective/OUV to the list.
Highlights of the old city include the 2,000 year old Narin castle, an intact ice house, working qanats, a few badgirs, what is perhaps the most beautiful dovecote in all of Persia, and the Shah Abassi caravanserai, which also happens to be a component of the Persian Caravanserai - TWHS and quite possibly a part of the Silk Route - TWHS of Iran as well.
Interestingly, I have observed that inscribing a site more than once seems to be something that Iran enjoys doing, i.e., Pasargadae - Persian Garden, Yazd - Persian Garden - Persian Qanat, Bam - Persian Qanat, as well as many others still brewing in the T-list. Maybod can easily be reached as part of a regular day tour offered in Yazd.
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