Tourist and cultural heritage
Sabzevar city
is the entrance gate to khorasan razavi province .there are currently
496identified and 370registered historical relics and artifacts
available in this city that constitute over 20%of the total historical
relics and cultural heritages available in the entire province
.Historical monuments and architectural works belonging to the
pre-islamic period until the era of the contemporary pahlavi dynasty
:there reside over 380cultural and historical monuments ,a number of
which have been repaired and refurbished .these monumets are now open to
local and foreign tourists who are fond of cultural and hisrorical
heritages .rivand fire temple known as azar barin mehr is an example
.there also exist beautifule and valuable inherited from the past
generations .there are at least 112ancient hills which belong to the
third millennium B.C.these hills contain invaluable items in case
excavated and unearthed ,shall attract thousands of tourisrs to this
city .sabzevar is host to the mausoleums of prominent literary
,religious ,cultural and scientific figures such as hakim sabzevari
,abolfazl beihaghi ,abolhaghi ,vaez kashefi ,ata malek Jovaini,helali
Joghtaei,professor mohammad taghi shariati ,martyred dr .ali
shariati,and others.
So far ,
studies have been conducted in two villages with invaluable historical
and cultural textures .the historical fabric of mazinan village has been
registered as a national heritage ,serving as yet another cultural and
historical tourist destination .
Sabzvar has
also served as a cradle nurturing prominent artists and industrialist
who have rendered great services for the promotion of traditiodnal arts
and handicrafts in this region . the present day sabzevar boasts the
artifacts produced by domestic artists who specialize in clay works ,
carpet weavhng , Giveh making ,inlaid work ,felt making ,turnery ,basket
making ,etc, in small traditional workshops here ans there in the city .
Turkish and
Kurdish ethnic communities live alongside other people in Jovain
disteicts of town .these communities have remained loyal to their
traditions,customs ,dialects and langufes .Allthese anthropological
heritages and assets can be put to display in a museum unser the same
title to absorb huge of interested visitors and tourists and attract
rewarding investments ,thus heiping to the bloom of the local economy .
Natural
attraction and features in the suburbs of the city such as aheshmad
reviver ,delbar ,Ostaj and Nashib villages ,desert and Saharan natural
features in mazinan ,and ultimately Tabas village are some untouched
attractions rich in terms of tourist industry.
The novel
entitled kalidar authored by the prominent writer mahmoud dolat abadi is
based on the events and developments which have taken in sabzevar
.kalidar is the name of a suburb of sabzevar and many people are
interested to visit this place which is itself a rich potential for
attracting cultural tourists .
Sabzevar is
also characterized by the old time sarbedaran uprising which took place
by the people in bashtin and naman villages and was intended to restore
justice there .a visit to the site of the uprising and the monuments and
relics left from that period of the Iranian history can be very
interesring