Bisotun site as outstanding universal value and a testimony to the ancient Persian civilization is inscribed on ICOMOS world heritage list (2006, No 1222). As wildlife refuge, Bisotun site is comprised of unique ecological values. The present article emphasizes on the role of landscape architecture in converging natural and cultural aspects in a cohesive restoration plan, providing the basis for reducing current ecological issues, promoting cultural identity and improving prosperity of the living condition of the impoverished people in the region. The present article has tried to use a descriptive-analytic method to present and codify the landscape restoration principles in natural-historical site of Bisotun. 1. Site: Bisotun historical site is located 30 kilometers northeast of Kermanshah in western Iran. Bisotun, which means “the place or stand of the God(s)”, has been of mythological value throughout Iran’s ancient history. This site is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia. The core zone (ca 1200 x 500m) covers the heart of the archaeological site. «This site has remained from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument is the bas-relief and cuneiform inscription ordered by Darius I, the Great, in 521 BC, serving as a testimony to Persian civilization and one of the world’s most creditable historic evidences, that thateen inscribed in world heritage ICOMOS list (2006. No 1222). In fact, the natural features of Bisotun region were an introduction to the formation of culture andand alsohistory in this region. At least 28 historical-artistic elements in this region have so far been inscribed by the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran. Bistoun comprises various key characteristics which have already made it a unique place across Iran’s ancient history. They include various ecological and aesthetical features, several caves deep inside the mountain and also Gamas-Ab and Dinevar-Ab rivers, native vegetation and wildlife features which had motivated the building of bridges and hydro-plants for Sasanian kings. Furthermore, there are many fictions and folklores mingled with Bisotun. This cultural landscape had already provided a better meaning to the concept of «nature». Although this unique mountain lays in a historical silence, in fact this silence is replete with many unknown mysteries.
Principles in cultural landscape restoration in Natural and Historical Sites
Sara Pouryousefzadeh
Primo
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2012
Abstract
Bisotun site as outstanding universal value and a testimony to the ancient Persian civilization is inscribed on ICOMOS world heritage list (2006, No 1222). As wildlife refuge, Bisotun site is comprised of unique ecological values. The present article emphasizes on the role of landscape architecture in converging natural and cultural aspects in a cohesive restoration plan, providing the basis for reducing current ecological issues, promoting cultural identity and improving prosperity of the living condition of the impoverished people in the region. The present article has tried to use a descriptive-analytic method to present and codify the landscape restoration principles in natural-historical site of Bisotun. 1. Site: Bisotun historical site is located 30 kilometers northeast of Kermanshah in western Iran. Bisotun, which means “the place or stand of the God(s)”, has been of mythological value throughout Iran’s ancient history. This site is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia. The core zone (ca 1200 x 500m) covers the heart of the archaeological site. «This site has remained from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument is the bas-relief and cuneiform inscription ordered by Darius I, the Great, in 521 BC, serving as a testimony to Persian civilization and one of the world’s most creditable historic evidences, that thateen inscribed in world heritage ICOMOS list (2006. No 1222). In fact, the natural features of Bisotun region were an introduction to the formation of culture andand alsohistory in this region. At least 28 historical-artistic elements in this region have so far been inscribed by the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran. Bistoun comprises various key characteristics which have already made it a unique place across Iran’s ancient history. They include various ecological and aesthetical features, several caves deep inside the mountain and also Gamas-Ab and Dinevar-Ab rivers, native vegetation and wildlife features which had motivated the building of bridges and hydro-plants for Sasanian kings. Furthermore, there are many fictions and folklores mingled with Bisotun. This cultural landscape had already provided a better meaning to the concept of «nature». Although this unique mountain lays in a historical silence, in fact this silence is replete with many unknown mysteries.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
