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The
Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
(ICHTO) is to relocated the habitants of
Sarab-Kalan villagers to facilitated an
archaeological research to bring out the
2000-year-old city of Siravan from under the
ground.
Village of Sirvan, located 70 kilometers north of
the capital of the western province of Ilam,
functioned as a lively city until the 10th
century. Most of its structures are made of stone
and stucco. The architectural style of buildings
of the city is comparable to that of the remaining
ones of the Sasanid-Islamic city of Darreh shahr.
Talks between the ICHTO, Ilam province governor
office, the municipality, and the village council
to move Sarab-Kalan villagers has finally reached
a conclusion after three years and the project is
soon to be carried out.
By provision of the necessary budget by the ICHTO
and the Housing Foundation of Iran, the project
will be launched to revive and restore the ancient
city of Sirvan.
“Sirvan is registered as one of Iran’s
National Heritage, but we do not yet have the
permission to start excavating the area, and this
will cause further deterioration of this ancient
Sasanid city,” explained technical deputy of
Ilam ICHTO, Maryam Gheimati, adding that to start
a comprehensive excavation in the area,
Sarab-Kalan village should be completely moved to
elsewhere.
A nearby village is already allocated as the new
place to settle Sarab-Kalan villagers
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