06 Nov 2004

The UNESCO Web Site On Caravanserais
UNESCO, Paris, France
Self-description "The UNESCO website on Caravanserais a aims to be a forum for exchange and discussion and a gateway to free information about these fascinating monuments, which are dotted over a large part of the world stretching from Central Asia over the Middle East to North Africa. The site will mainly be of interest to researchers, art and/or architecture students, but it will also reach out to tourists and other lay people keen to learn about these monuments. Little by little, it will form a databank open to all, and will contain names, plans, photographs, maps architectural details and any other useful information connected with the life of the early caravanserais."
Site contents: *The 'Silk Roads' *The UNESCO 'integral Study of the Silk Roads : Roads of Dialogue' Project (History of the Silk Roads, Activities, Expeditions, Publications [incl. The Silk Roads: Roads of Dialogue, v.1: Land routes, 1990-1992 (bibliographical database) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001219/121913eo.pdf - ed.], Audiovisual material, Exhibitions [5 expeditions - ed.], Symposia, Institutes) * Caravanserais? * Launching an Inventory (The International Colloquium of Yazd [1998], The term 'caravanserai' and its synonyms, Countries concerned by the historical phenomenon of caravanserais, The Inventory network, Actors and partners of the Inventory, Short bibliography [a list of seven books and articles - ed.]) * Inventory of Caravanserais in Central Asia [Summary information about the project. No data or studies have been published yet. - ed.] * Contacts.
URL http://www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/eastwest/caravan/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/eastwest/caravan/index.htm
Link reported by: Paola E. Raffetta (paola_raffetta[use"@"]uolsinectis.com.ar)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30