The restoration of Lorestan’s historical bridges requires the credits of the crisis headquarters/ special follow-up for the global registration of historical bridges
According to Aria Heritage report, quoting from the public relations of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Lorestan, Ata Hasanpour, on October 8, 1402, while participating in the special news interview program of Lorestan Network on the occasion of Tourism Week, said: With the funds we receive in the field of cultural heritage, it is not possible to restore historical bridges. We also need special credits for the crisis management headquarters.
The Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of the province continued: The historical bridges of Lorestan are not only one building, but they are water and historical superstructures in the world, but with the credits of the cultural heritage of the province, we are not able to restore these valuable buildings, and the crisis management headquarters of the province should give the necessary credit in this to assign a field
He pointed out: Unfortunately, due to the devastating flood of 2018, one of the foundations of the thousand-year-old historical bridge of Kashkan has bent to the east, and there is a possibility of its overturning in the event of floods, but with the limited restoration funds of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the province, it is possible to carry out works There is no special in this area.
Hasanpour stated that Lorestan is known as the land of historical bridges as it has one hundred historical bridges registered in the list of national monuments and added: We are looking for the global registration of these bridges to protect these architectural masterpieces of the world.
The Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of the province added: None of Iran’s bridges have the conditions and similarities with the huge and historical bridges of Lorestan, and this alone is very effective for the global registration of these historical and valuable buildings.
He continued: In addition, in the area of the country’s historical bridges database, there is only one database specific to Lorestan, and this shows the capacity of Lorestan’s historical bridges for global registration.
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