Abadan is a city in Khuzestan province in Iran with brave people who have their own sweet and special accent. In addition to natural and tourist attractions, oil wells and refineries, the city has many historical monuments, some of which were destroyed in the war and others that still remain. In the following, we have described some of these ancient monuments in Abadan below.
Abadan Museum
One of the oldest museums in Iran is Abadan Museum. This museum was built in 1330. The museum has historical monuments from the Qajar era to the present day, as well as some of the works of art of traditional workshops. The museum building is based on Iranian architecture, and the late Ali Hanial built this museum.
Rangoon Museum Mosque
In 1300, in the southwest of the Abadan refinery, at the zero border point adjacent to Shakur of Iraq and next to Arvand, the Rangooni Grand Mosque was built. The mosque was built at the request of Muslims working at the Abadan refinery in Rangoon, the capital of Myanmar, and is the reason for its naming. The mosque was built by the Pakistani director of the Abadan refinery with the consent of the oil company.
Abadan Armenian Church
At the beginning of Zand Street and next to Behbahani Mosque, the Armenian Church of Abadan has been built; this church dates back to the Pahlavi era and it was built in 1336. The church was the largest Armenian community hall in Abadan.
Abadan cable Bridge
The first cable-stayed bridge in the world is the Abadan cable-stayed bridge, which is located in the center of the city and is located next to the main bridge that crosses the Bahmanshir River.
Labe Shat (River coast)
The side of Shat is definitely one of the sights of Abadan that you should not miss. Abadan is a quasi-island surrounded by two rivers, Arvand and Bahmanshir Rivers. Although Bahmanshir has become very scarce in recent years, the Arvand River, which forms the border between Iran and Iraq, is still watery and even navigable. During Nowruz, you can take boats on the pier next to the Arvand, which will take you on a river tour.
The bulldozers destroyed a historical house in Iran
Last year, the owner of the a historical guesthouse accommodation in Iran, who was able to remove the property from the list of national monuments by order of the Administrative Court of Justice and receive his demolition order from the municipality, began the demolition operation in the silence of officials and lovers of cultural heritage. All they did was some different interviews and he did not find them appealing.
The head of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Departments of Abadan and Khorramshahr expressed his regret over this issue and called the personal ownership of the building a reason for the department's inability to prevent the demolition of the building. The office did not agree to the transfer the property to a land equivalent to its value in another area of the city to the owner. The owner demanded more money.
The money requested by the owner was unrealistic and much higher than the real price, which according to Article 44 of the law, the government could not act to buy this property at the rate desired by the owner.
The amount requested by the owner of Bachari historic House in Iran is more than the total of one-year budget of Khuzestan province. Unfortunately, the issue of the destruction of historic buildings owned by private owners is a major problem throughout the country that requires special attention and large-scale general decisions.
The deputy director of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Khuzestan Province also stated in an interview: This luxury old house accommodation in Iran has lost its registration number with the ruling of the Administrative Justice Court, but the private sector is trying hard to buy and re-register it.
Bachari's house was taken out of registration, but according to cultural heritage experts, it has never been removed from the list of valuable cultural heritage buildings.
Unfortunately, following the complaint of the owner of the building and the decision of the Administrative Justice Court, Bachari traditional tourist House in Iran has lost its registration number, but the question that arises is whether the values of this building have been destroyed by leaving the registration? Has the building disappeared or faded with the departure from the historical identity record?
The removal of the registration number would never change the fact that the building has architectural values. Looking at the facade of this building, the first thing that comes to mind is that; this house was an old and Islamic luxury hotel in Iran
The deputy director of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Khuzestan Province said: Bachari historic house was on the list of valuable works of Abadan, which was registered in the list of national monuments in 2003 with the number 9968.
Shoushtari added: "Certainly, the registered buildings are protected buildings according to the laws, but valuable buildings are also among the buildings from which the Cultural Heritage Organization, due to its sense of responsibility towards preserving them, will take the necessary steps to protect them."
He said: "After the removal of this building from the registry, many efforts are being made to purchase it by the private sector and re-register it, but unfortunately the demolition operation of this building started without any notification to the Cultural Heritage Office."
The Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage of Khuzestan continued: "The removal of the building from the register list does not deprive the municipality of its duty to correspond with the cultural heritage to announce its opinion and issue a permit for demolition and construction."
At the end, Shoushtari reminded: "Part of the municipality's duty is to take care of the city's identity, and in this regard, they are expected to consider cooperation with the cultural heritage in the protection of the city's identity as one of their important priorities."
