 The Persian Qanat | |
  Shown within Iran | |
| Alternative name | Kariz e Kay Khosrow |
|---|---|
| Location | Gonabad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran[1] |
| Region | gonabad1506 |
| Coordinates | 34°19′49″N 58°41′02″E / 34.33028°N 58.68389°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Part of | 1506 |
| History | |
| Builder | Cyrus the Great, Kai Khosrow |
| Material | Clay |
| Founded | 6th century BCE |
| Periods | Achaemenid Empire |
| Cultures | Persian |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In use |
| Management | Iranian Government |
| Public access | Open |
| Official name | Qasabeh Gonabad |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | (iii)(iv) |
| Designated | 2016 (40th session) |
| Reference no. | 1506-001 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
The Qanats of Ghasabeh (Persian: قنات قصبه), also called Kariz e Kay Khosrow, is one of the world's oldest and largest networks of qanats (underground aqueducts). Built between 700 and 500 BCE by the Achaemenid Empire in what is now Gonabad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, the complex contains 427 water wells with a total length of 33,113 metres (20.575 mi).[2] The site was first added to UNESCO's list of tentative World Heritage Sites in 2007, then officially inscribed in 2016, collectively with several other qanats, as "The Persian Qanat".[3]
- ^ Google maps. "Location of Gonabad". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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- ^ The Persian Qanat