Related to Shooshtar city (located in Khuzestan province)
Also known as: Shooshtar Historical Waterfalls, Shooshtar Waterfalls, Sika Watermills, Shushtar Watermills
The Shooshtar Waterfalls (Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System) are considered to be an attractive historical site. They are located alongside a branch of the Gerger (Gar Gar River), near Sika. It was registered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2009 and is Iran's 10th cultural heritage site to be registered on the United Nations' ...
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Shooshtar Historical Hydraulic System (Shushtar Watermills) is an island city from the Sassanid era with a complex irrigation system located in Iran's Khuzestan Province
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
This site is a collection of dam, tunnels, subsidiary canals and water mills, which is an industrial-economic complex and is part of the large complex of Shushtar’s structures, which has been repeatedly mentioned in historical books.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Shooshtar Historical Hydraulic System (Shushtar Watermills) is an island city from the Sassanid era with a complex irrigation system located in Iran's Khuzestan Province
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar is a part of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
This site is a collection of dam, tunnels, subsidiary canals and water mills, which is an industrial-economic complex and is part of the large complex of Shushtar’s structures, which has been repeatedly mentioned in historical books.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar is one of the most unusual examples used for optimal water use in ancient times.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Shooshtar Historical Hydraulic System (Shushtar Watermills) is an island city from the Sassanid era with a complex irrigation system located in Iran's Khuzestan Province
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The site has been referred to as "A masterpiece of creative genius" by UNESCO. | Copyright: Elaheh Abed
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The site has been referred to as "A masterpiece of creative genius" by UNESCO.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar is a part of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System. | Copyright: Sayed Hamid Mirhadi
Night view of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar is one of the most unusual examples used for optimal water use in ancient times. | Copyright: Mehrdad Misaghian
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar is a part of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar due to the construction time, are masterpieces of the engineering and technology in the world.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
As mentioned in a book called ‘History of Shushtar’, in the reign of Ardeshir I, also known as Ardeshir-e Babakan, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, the man-made river of Gargar was in fact built to carry the water from the east to the west of Shushtar to help boost agriculture.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar due to the construction time, are masterpieces of the engineering and technology in the world.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Nima Tadjeddin
Night view of Shushtar Hydraulic System
As mentioned in a book called ‘History of Shushtar’, in the reign of Ardeshir I, also known as Ardeshir-e Babakan, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, the man-made river of Gargar was in fact built to carry the water from the east to the west of Shushtar to help boost agriculture.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
As mentioned in a book called ‘History of Shushtar’, in the reign of Ardeshir I, also known as Ardeshir-e Babakan, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, the man-made river of Gargar was in fact built to carry the water from the east to the west of Shushtar to help boost agriculture.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The collection of waterfalls and watermills of Shushtar due to the construction time, are masterpieces of the engineering and technology in the world.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Sahar Mohammadi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The Shushtar waterfalls and mills are unmatched examples of its kind, engineered on such a scale and constructed to optimize the water use during ancient times. | Copyright: Alireza Obohat
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The site includes a collection of dams, tunnels, ancillary canals, and watermills used for industrial and economic purposes. | Copyright: Alireza Alavi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Alireza Obohat
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list in 2009 as a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’, the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in southwest Iran is a destination for history buffs, nature lovers and travelers who eyewitness how the prehistoric yet homogeneous hydraulic system works. | Copyright: Alireza Heydear
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The system is sprawled on an ancient city of the same name with its history dating back to the time of Darius the Great, the famed Achaemenid Persian king, in the 5th century BC. | Copyright: Herbert Karim Masihi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Herbert Karim Masihi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
It forms an eye-catching cliff encircled by water passageways and cascades. The water flow eventually pours into a downstream basin followed by a vast plain situated southward of the city. | Copyright: Herbert Karim Masihi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
“The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System testifies to the heritage and the synthesis of earlier Elamite and Mesopotamian knowhow it was probably influenced by the Petra dam and tunnel and by Roman civil engineering,” the UNESCO says. | Copyright: Herbert Karim Masihi
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels.
Panorama view of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
This is definitely an amazing engineering site to see. Can be appreciated very well from various viewpoints around it, the bridge near the entry gate, as well as from the historic house on the hill nearby which has free entry but erratic opening times. | Copyright: Razie Amirian
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
From being used as a mill to make flour to being a power station, it had many uses and is a great historical site to explore. | Copyright: Alireza Heydear
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Alireza Heydear
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
While the Shushtar water system has its roots in the Achaemenid times, much of its renovation and expansion was done in the 3rd century AD during the time of the Sassanids. | Copyright: Elahe Abed
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Adel Bazmeh
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
According to various historical texts, the entire Shushtar hydraulic complex was built in as little as three to seven years. | Copyright: Elahe Abed
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
The most interesting and tourist worthy part of the system are the spectacular cliffs from which water cascades into a downstream basin. | Copyright: Elahe Abed
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
Parts of the irrigation system are said to date back to the time of the Achaemenid king, Darius the Great. It partly consists of a pair of primary diversion canals in the Karun River, one of which is still in use today and delivers water to city of Shushtar via a route of supplying tunnels. | Copyright: Elahe Abed
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Khuzestan Province
It forms an eye-catching cliff encircled by water passageways and cascades. The water flow eventually pours into a downstream basin followed by a vast plain situated southward of the city. | Copyright: Elahe Abed
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